Every day, animals from around the world appear in videos and posts on social media monkeys in distress, dogs tortured for views, wild animals forced into unnatural roles. These clips don’t just reflect cruelty; they
amplify it, turning suffering into entertainment and profit. Recent data show that one platform alone hosted
87.5% of reported animal-abuse links in 2024, with more than 80,000 such posts flagged.
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/latest/news/facebook-leads-in-hosting-animal-cruelty-content/ But we can stop this.
We call on
social media companies, governments, and tech regulators to:
Fully enforce policies against animal abuse content, removing it quickly and permanently.
Require platforms to publish transparent data on animal-cruelty content (numbers removed, repeat offenders, regional hotspots).
Work with wildlife- and animal-welfare groups to educate users, so photos and videos of animals aren’t shared when they result from suffering.
Ensure that using animals to generate views or profit is treated as serious harm, not trivialised.
Animals are not props. They feel pain, fear and suffering. And when we scroll by, we become part of the problem.
Please
add your name and help raise our collective voice: we must demand an internet where animal abuse isn’t viral it’s invisible, banned, and punished.
Together, let’s make online spaces safe for animals. 
