SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal said.

"Large networks of accounts that appear to be operated by minors are openly advertising self-generated child sexual abuse material for sale," said researchers at the US university's Cyber Policy Center.

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