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

Testimony

Questioner: Richard Durbin

Harm: Child sexual exploitation
Q. · Question

Richard Durbin

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionWhy doesn't Meta suspend accounts pending investigation once reported for distributing CSAM?

ResponseMeta says it promptly disables accounts once violations are confirmed but argues that automatically suspending accounts based on a report alone (before investigation) risks overenforcement and abuse of the reporting system.