Meta & Children's Online Safety

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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users

Testimony

Questioner: Richard BlumenthalWitness: Adam Mosseri

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Body image & eating disordersDesign feature: Hashtags
Q. · Question

Richard Blumenthal

A. · Response

Adam Mosseri

Question"What specific steps has Instagram taken to detect and remove content promoting and glorifying eating disorders since its warning in March?"

ResponseSays eating-disorder promotion is banned and hashtags blocked, citing Q3 2021 removal stats with about 96% proactive detection.