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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

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Questioner: Mike LeeWitness: Antigone Davis

Narrative: ConcealmentNarrative: Youth TargetingHarm: Child sexual exploitationDesign feature: FiltersInitiative: Instagram for Kids
Q. · Question

Mike Lee

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionLee asks whether Facebook/Instagram's App Store age ratings (12+ on Apple, "Teen" on Google Play) came from Facebook itself, why there's a disparity between those ratings and the actual (sometimes exploitative/pornographic-adjacent) content available, and — pointedly — whether Davis personally believes those ratings are appropriate.

ResponseDavis says Facebook doesn't set its own App Store age rating (submits a form, the platforms assign it), doesn't say whether she thinks the ratings are appropriate, and repeatedly redirects to Apple/Google as the ones to ask.