Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

QuestionCiting Frances Haugen's testimony and data shared with her office, Blackburn presses on Facebook's use of "MAPMAPMonthly Active PeopleCore Meta engagement metric counting distinct people active on a platform in a month. Paired with DAP in internal goal-setting; the MAP/DAP ratio is used as a measure of how frequently a monthly user returns.Full entry ↗" (monthly active people) to estimate the underage population — directly following up on the live-testimony "map" sub-thread from Blackburn's first round.

ResponseFacebook doesn't confirm or deny using MAPMAPMonthly Active PeopleCore Meta engagement metric counting distinct people active on a platform in a month. Paired with DAP in internal goal-setting; the MAP/DAP ratio is used as a measure of how frequently a monthly user returns.Full entry ↗ specifically to estimate the underage population (the actual question asked), instead describing its general age-detection/account-removal methodology.