Q. I’m a huge fan of Pinterest, I use it a lot, but I get really frustrated when I click on a pin that I think will take me to an article about the photo and instead I arrive at a website and the photo isn’t there. One woman, whose 9-year-old daughter’s gymnastic videos were saved to more than 50 boards of that nature, told NBC News she was “shocked and disgusted” by the discovery.The estimated reading time for this post is 3 minutesĪuthor’s note - unfortunately the Chrome extension Pin Search covered in this article is no longer available. After NBC News’ investigation, Pinterest added the ability to report boards for the first time.
Pinterest’s new safety features enable users to report boards and accounts for “Nudity, pornography or sexualized content,” which the site defines as including “intentional misuse involving minors.” Previously, boards could not be flagged at all individual accounts could be reported only for “Spam” and “Inappropriate cover image.”Īs NBC News uncovered, individually innocuous photos and videos of little girls on Pinterest have been compiled by the dozens, hundreds and even thousands into public boards with titles such as “Sexy little girls,” “delicious,” “hot” and “young girls.” These images, which often show the children in bathing suits, leotards and other light attire, are in many cases uploaded to the platform by the kids themselves or their family members, who have no idea how they’re being used. “This report is particularly disappointing given that Pinterest has branded itself the ‘last positive corner of the internet.’” “It should not have taken national media coverage of such graphic misuse targeting young children to prompt action,” wrote the senators, who are co-sponsors of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act.
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