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

Design feature: Direct MessagingDesign feature: Content AlgorithmDesign feature: NotificationsInitiative: Privacy by Default (Teens)Initiative: Take a BreakInitiative: Quiet Mode
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Richard Durbin

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QuestionWhat are the default privacy/content/messaging settings for under-18 users, can teens change them without parental awareness/consent, and how many changed them in 2023?

ResponseMeta details default private-account, restricted-DM, and content-visibility settings for under-16/under-18 users, notes that supervised under-16 teens need parental approval to loosen privacy/DM settings, and cites adoption-retention percentages rather than a literal 2023 count of setting changes.