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

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Questioner: Ted Cruz

Initiative: Messenger KidsInitiative: U13 Classifiers/Age-Verification
Q. · Question

Ted Cruz

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionIs it Meta's policy to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook/Instagram or creating an account?

ResponseMeta says its ToS require users to be 13+ and it blocks/disables accounts on reliable evidence of underage use, but pivots to advocating for app-store-based age verification/parental approval legislation instead of platform-level verification.