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

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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.