"We began experimentation... to reduce IIC... by preventing ;'potential' violating adults from contacting minors in Reels, Comments, Suggested For You, Explore, and Follows."

Internal document
"We began experimentation for 7 initiatives to reduce 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 ↗ (Inappropriate Interactions with Children) by preventing 'potential' violating adults from contacting minors in Reels, Comments, Suggested For You, Explore, and Follows."
— Unnamed employee