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Inappropriate Interactions with Children on Instagram: Proactive Risk Investigation

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Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 1 of 53 AMENDED Exhibit 319 PLAINTIFFS' OMNIBUS OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Case No.: 4:22-md-03047-YGR MDL No. 3047 In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 2 of 53 Inappropriate Interactions with Children on Instagram Proactive Risk Investigation and June 20, 2019 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246163 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 3 of 53 Thank you Instagram Problem Process Content Policy CI Karina Newton (Messenger) (Search) To well-being HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Safety Policy Antigone Davis External Metrics CP Platforms (Graph Integrity) Core Data Science CI RES Imminent Risk 2 META3047MDL-031-00246164 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 4 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246165 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 5 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246166 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 6 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246167 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 7 of 53 6 META3047MDL-031-00246168 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 8 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246169 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 9 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246170 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 10 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246171 Coco 4:22 md 02047 VCD Document 2758.23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 11 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246172 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 12 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246173 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 13 of 53 Testing & Cause Analysis META3047MDL-031-00246174 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 14 of 53 PRI Focus Areas 1. Discoverability 2. Inappropriate DMs 3. Inappropriate Comments HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) 13 META3047MDL-031-00246175 Results Test Hypothesis Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR 1. Discoverability - Test We may be facilitating possible groomers finding young people through following, hashtags, explore, and search. Created two test users One followed teen hashtags One followed sexy teen accounts HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 15 of 53 13rftc gogo1980atx Test User 1 Test User 2 15 META3047MDL-031-00246177 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 16 of 53 1. Discoverability - Test User 1 Test user 1: Followed teen related hashtags. #teenmodel #sugardaddy #sexyteens #gayboyssex #sexyteengirls #gayteen #sexychicas #teendm HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) WH 12:45 sexy teen shoutout 2016 4 likes JUNE 4 ixhbint0llhaha. Follow ixhbintollhaha DM me I am 15 #gay12yeasrolds #gay14yearoldsold #gay15teen #gaykik nb.tez Dm me I'm 14 bottom looking for daddy or bbc 1w Reply View replies (2) satchcore, grintcore, Folke catchcore, grindcore, ex Serid me omething tortty ast girls and maybe bye... but mostly girls... bi buw 18 ears old @meengris edm #Pokemon Chelsea grn hardcore megadroplink Dm dropbox trade watchcore grindere es i'm ony it won't happen again sjohtoking promise View replies (2) Add a comment... Post ka.waaisey 16 META3047MDL-031-00246178 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 17 of 53 1. Discoverability - Test User 2 Test user 2: Followed public "sexy teen" accounts. Top Suggesteggesteeradunen Account Verizon ΣΤΕ 4:23 PM Verizon LTE Search $:24 PM 30% Tage ICTV Shop Style Comics Top Suggested violettatribute Tribute af Vi vitaniemi markwahlberg glockenspeile 25 Following Following Following sweetest insta.girl.. Authorized Lexi fanpage bikini_teen_girls_models Bikini Teens wow_hot_teens Following k de kisudia teambeijogiris teambeljogiris Following qwertyu trmgirls Following asdfgh zxcvbTV space !!!!!!!! lorientceltic1035 forientoeltio Following teens_top_models Following teens_top_models HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) ens and 9 others Text Modeing SNAPCHAT 17 META3047MDL-031-00246179 Hypothesis e Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR 1. Discoverability - Test We may be facilitating possible groomers finding young people through following, hashtags, explore, and search. Created two test users One followed teen hashtags One followed sexy teen accounts glass Following hashtags with minors did not result in content being served to us. IG recommended a minor through top suggested to an account engaged in groomer-esque behavior. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 18 of 53 13rftc gogo1980atx Test User 1 Test User 2 18 META3047MDL-031-00246180 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 1. Discoverability Problem IG recommended a minor through top suggested to an account engaged in groomer-esque behavior. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Proximate Page 19 of 53 Intermediate Root The account followed and searched for sexualized minor accounts. The recommendation algorithms worked as intended. 1. Product There is not currently a whitelist to determine which accounts can and cannot be recommended in top suggested. 3.a.Protocol 19 META3047MDL-031-00246181 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 20 of 53 1. Discoverability - Recommendations for Groomers Overall IG: 7% of all follow recommendations to adults were minors Groomers: 27% of all follow recommendationsto groomers were minors We are recommending nearly 4X as many minors to groomers (nearly 2 million minors in the last 3 months) 22% of those recommendations resulted in a follow request HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Photo wow hot teens 1,245 likes May? 11:17 20 META3047MDL-031-00246182 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 21 of 53 1. Discoverability - Sexy Teen Recommendations Verizon LTE 4:58 PM 27% Verizon LTE 4:59 PM 26% Q Search Cancel < shootoutgirl3.0 ぐ Suggested Accounts tamarbraxton Tamar Braxton X shootoutgirl3.0 shootoutgiri teen selfie_sexy alvainga bikini beauties 51 K Bikini Beauties mtx_ada3129 attitude_bbe girl HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) 4:58 PM 427% teen_selfie_sexy Teen_selfie_sexy will do shoutouts Dm for a feature My other account @teen_bikini sexy 28.2K Followers 4,858 Following Followed by teen colors. Message 21 META3047MDL-031-00246183 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 22 of 53 1. Discoverability HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Unsolicited Interactions Accounts sexualizing teens Online Harm Real World Harm Current enforcement Upstream prevention for an encrypted world 22 META3047MDL-031-00246184 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 23 of 53 1. Discoverability HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Unsolicited Interactions Accounts Sexualizing Teens Online Harm Real World Harm Current enforcement Upstream prevention for an encrypted world 23 META3047MDL-031-00246185 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 24 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246188 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 25 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246189 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 26 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246190 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 27 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246191 Case 4:22.md-03047.YGR Document 2758.23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 28 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246192 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 29 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246193 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 30 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246194 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 31 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246195 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 32 of 53 34 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246196 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 33 of 53 35 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246197 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 34 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246198 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 35 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246199 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 36 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246200 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 37 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246201 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 38 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246202 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 39 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246203 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 40 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246204 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 41 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246207 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 42 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246208 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 43 of 53 47 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246209 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 44 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246210 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 45 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246211 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 46 of 53 ১০ META3047MDL-031-00246212 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 47 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246213 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 48 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246214 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 49 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246215 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 50 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246217 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 51 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) ΜΕΤΑ304/MDL-031-00246218 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 52 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246219 Case 4:22-md-03047-YGR Document 2758-23 Filed 02/20/26 Page 53 of 53 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (COMPETITOR) META3047MDL-031-00246220