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

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Questioner: Richard Durbin

Narrative: KnowledgeNarrative: Profits over SafetyHarm: Child sexual exploitationDesign feature: Direct MessagingInitiative: Encryption
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Richard Durbin

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QuestionGiven Meta's own commissioned human-rights assessment warning that encryption facilitates child sexual abuse and exploitation, how many fewer CyberTips does Meta expect to submit to NCMEC once E2EE is implemented?

ResponseMeta does not give a projected reduction figure, instead describing its Human Rights Impact Assessment's 45 mitigation suggestions, AI-based detection in encrypted environments, and a new default-on nudity protection feature for teens.