New LFT
Report: A Billion Views for Animal Cruelty
Online |
Dear
Alexey,
The findings are
horrifying: animals are being beaten, tortured, and
even killed for clicks on social media. And the
companies hosting this content are failing to stop
it.
Our new investigative report reveals
thousands of brutal animal abuse videos shared on
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X.
Collectively, these clips racked up more than 1
billion views.
Among the worst
abuses we found:
- Monkey
torture videos often disguised as “cute” family
clips — with baby primates beaten, starved, teased,
and stripped of their dignity.
- Fake
rescues, where puppies, kittens, and other animals
were deliberately put in danger so abusers could stage
dramatic “saves.”
- Animal
fighting videos, where animals like dogs, cats,
roosters, and snakes are forced to attack one another,
often in confined spaces.
- Graphic
abuse, including videos of animals such as
puppies, kittens, and chickens being crushed, burned,
or sexually exploited.
Disturbingly,
we’ve also found that social platforms are serving as
gateways to encrypted messaging apps like Telegram,
where longer, even more violent videos are shared,
sold, and requested by paying
customers.
Abusers are
using social media as a marketplace for
cruelty. |
Facebook was
by far the worst offender, hosting more than
three-quarters of all the cruel content we found
— including 95% of monkey torture clips.
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X also hosted shocking
material, and none of the platforms enforced their
own policies consistently. Even after we reported
these posts, the companies often failed to remove even
the most egregious abuse.
This isn’t just
devastating for animals. These videos also harm people —
especially children — who are being exposed daily to
cruelty disguised as humor, education, or “cute”
content. Experts warn that this exposure desensitizes
viewers, normalizes violence, and even encourages
copycat abuse.
Please sign our
petition to demand that social media companies
prevent and remove animal-cruelty content from their
platforms. |
You can also
help by reporting abusive posts to the social media
platforms and authorities, and sending evidence directly
to LFT at repor...@ladyfreethinker.org. And
please share our full report widely so the truth can’t
be ignored.
Together, we
will hold social media companies accountable, protect
children, and most importantly, save animals from
suffering for
clicks. | | |
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