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

QuestionFollowing WSJ reporting that Meta blocked thousands of child-sexualizing hashtags and CSAM-associated search terms only after being queried by reporters, Cruz asks for the full lists, post/account counts, and user-report data behind those actions.

ResponseMeta declines to provide the requested lists/counts, citing risk of tipping off bad actors, but describes its detection methodology (coded-language tracking, cross-term relationship analysis, unified blocklists across Facebook/Instagram) and its 2023 internal task force on the effectiveness of this work.