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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users
Questioner: Maria CantwellWitness: Adam Mosseri
Harm: Child sexual exploitation
Q. · Question
Maria Cantwell
A. · Response
Adam Mosseri
QuestionDirectly asks whether Instagram's mandatory arbitration/class-action-waiver clause applies to minors, how many times it has actually been enforced against a minor, and whether any confidential settlements exist for child-harm claims.
ResponseMeta confirms its arbitration terms apply to minors as much as adults, admits to at least one prior instance of enforcing arbitration against a minor (while noting that case wasn't sexual-exploitation-related), and states it has not settled any claim alleging physical harm to a minor.