Meta & Children's Online SafetyChat: there are gaps implementing some previously agreed / documented limitations to adult<>minor connection recommendations.
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Monday 2 October 2023
10:06Amitdo we know what's this escalation about?
>We've recently learned that there are gaps implementing some previously agreed / documented limitations to adult<>minor connection recommendations in PYMK on FB and AYSF on IG. As teams have been working to implement, they've bumped into concerns about voice expressed by Growth org. Given external pressure about this topic, we'd like to escalate and resolve ASAP. The XFN (including reps from the Child Safety Task Force) is preparing an escalation document, but it's not clear how to move this forward.
10:07Amitis this pushback from FOA? Can you get me up to speed
10:08Amitthis is the detailed escalation doc
10:08AmitShared a file
10:12GabrielYep; < 1/ We'd been escalating with Growth on PYMK filters for risky adult-minors as part of the taskforce
2/ Policy were surprised that this escalation was needed at all because on the policy books, we should already be not recommending adult<>teen connections via PYMK. There are some live policy escalations that depend on having a clear answer to (1) what is our policy? and (ii) is it being enforced?
3/ Policy are now moving towards a broader escalation to align recommendations implementation with the policy lines, but this will have some significant x-app tradeoffs on friending/connections
10:13Amit BhattacharyyaGrowth is Gui's team?
10:13GabrielYes
10:13Amitwhat about IG?
10:13GabrielIG had already implemented the filters so we hadn't needed an XI conversation with IG as part of the taskforce work, but the broader policy push will go beyond the taskforce scope and have further impact on IG
10:27Amiti spoke to Andy. Our view is that the decision making group is likely Adam, Tom, Gui, Andy, Antigone, and me.
Gut-checking this @Anna @Sayed
10:28Amitto coordinate the deck / escalation, Andy is spinning up a thread w/ Rahul, Gabriel, me, Aleah (the person on his team focused on this), and James.
10:40Sayed OtaruRestricting teen <> adult AYMF also has implications for how we would subsequently do content recommendations for teen <> adult. Following a prior escalation, on IG we limit teen <> adult content recommendations to only. We are now in the process of extending that to teen <> adult AYMF recommendations (for only).
10:41Sayed OtaruPLTF EX > i spoke to Andy. Our view is that the decision making group is likely Adam, Tom, Gui, Andy, Antigone, and me.
Please add Max as well as he's been driving this work overall for IG and he's now being briefed on the policy escalation.
11:24AnnaCatching up here. @Gabriel does this related to the email thread I responded on late last week with Aleah?
11:30GabrielYes same email thread
11:31AnnaI read that as a policy-driven convo on how far we want to go, not one related to specific pushback
15:56Robert>Outside Counsel, Public Affairs, Policy, and Legal have reviewed known records of external statements and found that we have made extensive statements that we have filtering in place preventing Risky Adults and Minors from being recommended to each other on both FB's PYMK and IG'S AYMF. *However, leadership within Policy can recall making broader statements; we have not been able to identify specific records but we cannot rule out the possibility that our external statements have gone beyond Risky Adult protections.*
*Bold* blurb is the reason where this is coming from.
15:56Robert*However, leadership within Policy can recall making broader statements; we have not been able to identify specific records but we cannot rule out the possibility that our external statements have gone beyond Risky Adult protections.*