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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms
Questioner: Marsha BlackburnWitness: Antigone Davis
Narrative: ConcealmentNarrative: KnowledgeNarrative: Profits over SafetyHarm: Child sexual exploitation
Q. · Question
Marsha Blackburn
A. · Response
Antigone Davis
QuestionCiting an internal report, Blackburn says Facebook knew about domestic-servitude/trafficking content and only acted once Apple threatened to pull the app from the App Store; asks whether young girls on the platform are exposed to it.
ResponseDavis disputes the characterization, says Facebook has anti-trafficking policies; does not directly answer the "did you know / why the delay" or child-exposure questions.