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Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis (QFR Responses)
Questioner: Richard Durbin
Initiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
Q. · Question
Richard Durbin
A. · Response
Respondent not recorded
QuestionHow did Meta decide 13 was the appropriate minimum age?
ResponseMeta says the age-13 threshold is industry-standard and driven by COPPA compliance plus internal/external expert consultation, without citing specific research justifying 13 as the appropriate age.