Meta & Children's Online Safety

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

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Questioner: Richard Durbin

Harm: Child sexual exploitationInitiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
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Richard Durbin

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QuestionHow many users under 13 (below Meta's minimum age) does Meta estimate are on its platforms?

ResponseMeta does not provide a current estimate, but cites removing 4.8 million Facebook and 1.7 million Instagram accounts in the last two quarters of 2021 for failing the minimum age requirement.