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Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis (QFR Responses)

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Questioner: Richard Durbin

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Child sexual exploitationInitiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
Q. · Question

Richard Durbin

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionHow many users under 18 does Meta have on its platforms?

ResponseAbout 6% of US Instagram accounts and 1% of US Facebook accounts self-report as under-18 teens; Meta describes its automated/manual age-checkpoint review process and Yoti age-verification partnership for identifying underage users.