Meta & Children's Online Safety

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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

Testimony

Questioner: Edward MarkeyWitness: Antigone Davis

Watch at 1:16:18

Narrative: Youth TargetingNarrative: Profits over SafetyHarm: Body image & eating disordersDesign feature: Content Algorithm
Q. · Question

Edward Markey

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionMarkey seeks a yes/no commitment against (1) launching kids' platforms with influencer/commercial content children can't recognize as ads, and (2) algorithms that funnel teens toward harmful content like diet-pill ads and COVID misinformation.

ResponseDavis doesn't commit yes/no; notes Messenger Kids shows no ads at all, and that weight-loss ads are already barred for under-18s.