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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users

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Questioner: Amy KlobucharWitness: Adam Mosseri

Harm: Drugs
Q. · Question

Amy Klobuchar

A. · Response

Adam Mosseri

QuestionCites a report finding Instagram's search auto-complete actively suggested "buyxanax" before a simulated user finished typing, reaching a drug-buying account in two clicks — and asks how such content proliferates despite Meta's moderation policies.

ResponseMeta cites removal statistics and confirms specific drug-related hashtags have since been blocked, but doesn't directly explain the auto-complete behavior described in the question or address the "five clicks to log out" framing at all.