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Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis (QFR Responses)
Questioner: Lindsey Graham
Narrative: ConcealmentHarm: Child sexual exploitationDesign feature: Direct MessagingInitiative: Encryption
Q. · Question
Lindsey Graham
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Respondent not recorded
QuestionAsked how Meta will address CSAM becoming invisible to it once Messenger is end-to-end encrypted, and whether it has estimated the resulting percentage drop in CSAM detection/reporting to NCMEC.
ResponseMeta describes non-message-content signals (behavioral detection, on-device nudity protection) it will still use post-encryption and cites WhatsApp's CSAM reporting volume as reassurance, but does not give the requested percentage-reduction estimate.