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

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Bullying & harassmentHarm: Body image & eating disordersHarm: Addiction & problematic useHarm: Targeted advertisingDesign feature: NotificationsDesign feature: Content AlgorithmDesign feature: Direct MessagingDesign feature: LikesDesign feature: HashtagsInitiative: Quiet ModeInitiative: Take a BreakInitiative: IG ReelsInitiative: Privacy by Default (Teens)Initiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
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Richard Durbin

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QuestionPlease itemize the 30+ parent/teen safety tools Meta has introduced over the past 8 years, including launch dates and efficacy assessments.

ResponseMeta provides a 2010-2024 chronological list of 50+ features/tools (comment filters, Restrict, Sensitive Content Control, Quiet Mode, Take a Break, parental supervision tools across apps, Take It Down) but does not describe how any of them were assessed for efficacy before or after launch, aside from generic 30-day retention statistics at the end.