As a parent, I am horrified.

A CBS News investigation revealed that Meta has hosted ads on Instagram and Facebook for AI apps that generate sexualized deepfake images of women—often using photos of young girls without their consent.

These apps claim to “digitally undress” people. They allow users to upload everyday photos and produce fake nude images—images that can easily be weaponized to bully, harass, or humiliate someone, especially school-aged girls.

Let’s be clear: nonconsensual sexual images—whether real or digitally generated—are illegal in many parts of the U.S. And when they depict minors, they may fall under federal child sexual abuse material laws.

Yet Meta, one of the most powerful companies in the world, accepted payment to promote these tools, allowing them to be advertised to male users—while the images used in the ads often featured young women or girls.

These aren’t hypothetical harms. Real schoolgirls have already been targeted. Their faces were taken from innocent photos and turned into fake nudes. The damage to their lives, their mental health, and their safety is real—and it is devastating.

That’s why I’m calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an immediate investigation into Meta’s role in amplifying this abuse. There must be accountability—for the ads, the profits, and the systems that allowed this to happen.

As a parent, I cannot believe Meta is still allowing these ads to run.

This is not just a platform failure. This is a national safety issue.