Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
Reporter at The New York Times
Reporter at @nytimes, former @wsj. To reach me securely, please see https://t.co/bwdBq1EVIw and include my name in your message. I rarely check messages on Twitter.
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May 21, 2024 |
seattletimes.com | Michael Keller |Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
When a children’s jewelry-maker began advertising on Instagram, she promoted photos of a 5-year-old girl wearing a sparkly charm to users interested in parenting, children, ballet and other topics identified by Meta as appealing mostly to women. But when the merchant got the automated results of her ad campaign from Instagram, the opposite had happened: The ads had gone almost entirely to adult men.
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Feb 23, 2024 |
seattletimes.com | Michael Keller |Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
Instagram does not allow children under 13 to have accounts, but parents are allowed to run them — and many do so for daughters who aspire to be social media influencers. What often starts as a parent’s effort to jump-start a child’s modeling career, or win favors from clothing brands, can quickly descend into a dark underworld dominated by adult men, many of whom openly admit on other platforms to being sexually attracted to children, an investigation by The New York Times found.
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Feb 23, 2024 |
seattletimes.com | Michael Keller |Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
The ominous messages began arriving in Elissa’s inbox early last year. “You sell pics of your underage daughter to pedophiles,” read one. “You’re such a naughty sick mom, you’re just as sick as us pedophiles,” read another. “I will make your life hell for you and your daughter.”Elissa has been running her daughter’s Instagram account since 2020, when the girl was 11 and too young to have her own. Photos show a bright, bubbly girl modeling evening dresses, high-end workout gear and dance leotards.
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I'll be doing a Reddit AMA with @mhkeller on Monday about our investigation into child influencers on Instagram, particularly the ecosystem in which girls are managed by their parents and followed by adult men. Submit questions ahead of time at this link! https://t.co/X3Td4VCA10
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RT @gijn: In this piece, @storybench sat down with @nytimes reporters @jenvalentino & @mhkeller to talk about the conception of their inves…
