Meta had "inconsistent filtering" on potential IIC accounts and content

"The Internal Audit (IA) team has completed the IG Youth Well-being Assurance Audit - Phase 1. This report is rated as 'Significant Improvements Needed' with 3 High, and 14 Medium risk observations." "Key observation themes are summarized below: - Inconsistent filtering on potential Inappropriate Interaction with Children (IICIICInappropriate Interactions with ChildrenA classifier threshold and content category for interactions between adults and children indicative of grooming or exploitation, referred to internally as "a.k.a. 'grooming'". The source document puts the scale at "~500k victims per DAY in English markets only", three times Messenger's prevalence, while calling it "a preliminary metric" and adding "we expect the true situation is worse".Full entry ↗) accounts and content. - Incomplete coverage of recommendation filtering on Minor-Restricted Regulated Goods and Services (RGS) content (e.g., diet products) for teens. - Lack of documented rationale for exemption of verified accounts and Suicide & Self Injury (SSI) signal retention period. - Missing comprehensive monitoring and alert of filtering volume, leakage, and machine learning performance."