"[T]he big Q is whether we proactively kick people off we 'think' are below minimum age (ie 13) which would obviously reduce MAP."

Joel Kaplan: "In the meantime, wanted to provide a bit more color re the policy POV on the points Will raises. Our views are that:" 1. "We agree that it's most important to make quick progress around age verification with respect to FB and especially IG—this is where the public and policymaking pressure is focused in UK and elsewhere in Europe (we are also seeing growing pressure around age in India);" Fidji Simo: "I'm on PTO but given the heated debate I just thought I would check: does the proposal change anything at all for Blue and do you have any concern I should know about?" Andrew Bocking: "Blue should be fine! Enjoy your PTO! We already collect age and the main thing we (FB Growth) are doing is making that more robust (eg no default age higher than minimum age; currently is 25!). We are testing various ways to make this more defensible now while minimizing any friction at Account creation, which is our typical bread and butter. Beyond that the big Q is whether we proactively kick people off we 'think' are below minimum age (ie 13) which would obviously reduce MAPMAPMonthly Active PeopleCore Meta engagement metric counting distinct people active on a platform in a month. Paired with DAP in internal goal-setting; the MAP/DAP ratio is used as a measure of how frequently a monthly user returns.Full entry ↗."