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Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation
Questioner: Billy LongWitness: Mark Zuckerberg
Narrative: KnowledgeInitiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
Q. · Question
Billy Long
A. · Response
Mark Zuckerberg
QuestionAsks whether kids commonly lie about their age to bypass the 13+ rule, and whether under-13s can currently use Instagram.
ResponseAcknowledges kids lie about age, describes detection systems and an explored under-13 service with parental controls, and confirms current policy still bars under-13 use.