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Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis

Testimony

Questioner: Mazie HironoWitness: Mark Zuckerberg

Initiative: Privacy by Default (Teens)
Q. · Question

Mazie Hirono

A. · Response

Mark Zuckerberg

QuestionConfirms that Meta's default restrictive privacy/content settings for teens are opt-out rather than mandatory, and asks why they aren't made mandatory.

ResponseZuckerberg confirms the restrictive default settings are opt-out, and defends keeping them optional so teens who want to be public "creators" aren't blanket-restricted.