First saw this on v/News:

https://voat.co/v/news/2939775

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/12/28/report-whatsapp-child-porn-groups-made-money-through-google-facebook-ads/

Originally reported by tech-crunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/27/funding-filth/

"new research provided exclusively to TechCrunch by anti-harassment algorithm startup AntiToxin shows that these removed apps that hosted links to child porn sharing rings on WhatsApp were supported with ads run by Google and Facebook’s ad networks. AntiToxin found six of these apps ran Google AdMob, one ran Google Firebase, two ran Facebook Audience Network and one ran StartApp. These ad networks earned a cut of brands’ marketing spend while allowing the apps to monetize and sustain their operations by hosting ads for Amazon, Microsoft, Motorola, Sprint, Sprite, Western Union, Dyson, DJI, Gett, Yandex Music, Q Link Wireless, Tik Tok and more."

A week ago, Tech Crunch broke the story that WhatsApp hosted these child porn groups

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/20/whatsapp-pornography/

"TechCrunch’s investigation shows that Facebook could do more to police WhatsApp and remove this kind of content. Even without technical solutions that would require a weakening of encryption, WhatsApp’s moderators should have been able to find these groups and put a stop to them. Groups with names like “child porn only no adv” and “child porn xvideos” found on the group discovery app “Group Links For Whats” by Lisa Studio don’t even attempt to hide their nature. And a screenshot provided by anti-exploitation startup AntiToxin reveals active WhatsApp groups with names like “Children 💋👙👙” or “videos cp” — a known abbreviation for ‘child pornography’."

Previous Facebook Pizzagate posts:

Facebook allowed Child Bride auction in Sudan:

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2840647

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2866509

Facebook sued by child trafficking survivor who was recruited on the site @ 15

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2765528

Facebook allowed a child snuff film to be hosted on a user's public facing profile for over 6 months, despite multiple reports.

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2733102

Facebook lobbied for legislation which prevents them from being sued for child/sex trafficking

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2520768

Facebook auto-suggested child porn search terms

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2449377

Facebook asked users “In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook’s policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures.”

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2430952

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2430520

Instagram (owned by FB just was caught hosting a baby smuggling ring in Jakarta)

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2940117