Meta & Children's Online Safety

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Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis

Testimony

Questioner: Josh HawleyWitness: Mark Zuckerberg

Watch at 2:09:24

Narrative: KnowledgeNarrative: ConcealmentHarm: Body image & eating disordersHarm: Suicide & self-injury
Q. · Question

Josh Hawley

A. · Response

Mark Zuckerberg

QuestionReads direct quotes from Meta's own internal research (via the WSJ) stating Instagram worsens body image for "1 in 3" teen girls and drives unprompted, consistent increases in anxiety/depression, contrasting this with Zuckerberg's public "no link" position.

ResponseZuckerberg disputes Hawley's characterization of the study's findings without offering an alternative reading.