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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
QuestionWhy did Meta reverse its 2022 opposition to app-store gatekeeper power and now support app-store-level parental approval for teen app downloads?
ResponseMeta says its 2022 NTIA comments and current app-store-parental-approval position are consistent, framing both as concerns about Apple's market dominance, and adds that any youth-safety legislation should include antitrust-style safeguards against Apple self-preferencing.