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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

Testimony

Questioner: Marsha BlackburnWitness: Antigone Davis

Narrative: KnowledgeInitiative: Children's Data PrivacyInitiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
Q. · Question

Marsha Blackburn

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionBlackburn asks whether data from removed underage accounts is actually deleted or retained in case of future reactivation.

ResponseFacebook says data is deleted per standard policy once an account is permanently disabled (30 days after failing an age checkpoint), though doesn't elaborate on what "standard deletion policies" actually entail (retention period, backups, etc.).