JACK POSOBIEC HUMAN EVENTS

Though out of sight for most on the platform, the sexualized accounts on Instagram are brazen about their interest.

The researchers found that Instagram enabled people to search explicit hashtags such as #pedowhore and #preteensex and connected them to accounts that used the terms to advertise child-sex material for sale.

Such accounts often claim to be run by the children themselves and use overtly sexual
handles incorporating words such as "little slut for you."