In a statement, Twitter spokesperson Celeste Carswell said the company 'has zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation' and is investing more resources dedicated to child safety, including hiring for new positions to write policy and implement solutions.

Scottish Rite did not return multiple requests for comment. In another example, a user tweeted searching for content of 'Yung girls ONLY, NO Boys,' which was immediately followed by a promoted tweet for Texas-based Scottish Rite Children's Hospital. 'Either Twitter is going to fix this, or we'll fix it by any means we can, which includes not buying Twitter ads.' 'We're horrified,' said Cole Haan brand president David Maddocks, after being notified that the company's ads appeared alongside such tweets. In one example, a promoted tweet for shoe and accessories brand Cole Haan appeared next to a tweet in which a user said they were 'trading teen/child' content.

Some of the tweets included key words related to 'rape' and 'teens,' and appeared alongside promoted tweets from corporate advertisers, the Reuters review found. Some major advertisers have pulled their ads from parts of Twitter because their promotions appeared alongside tweets soliciting child sex-abuse material.ĭyson, Mazda, Forbes and PBS Kids were among the companies that suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from the social media website because of the problem, the companies told Reuters.ĭIRECTV and Thoughtworks also told Reuters they had paused their advertising on Twitter.īrands ranging from Walt Disney Co, NBCUniversal and Coca-Cola to a children's hospital were among more than 30 advertisers that appeared on the profile pages of Twitter accounts peddling links to the exploitative material, according to a Reuters review of accounts identified in new research about child sex abuse online from cybersecurity group Ghost Data.

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