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

QuestionGrassley asks how many child-safety-focused employees Meta laid off 2018–2023, whether those roles were backfilled with H-1B visa holders, how layoffs affected Meta's ability to protect children, and whether Meta plans to grow child-safety staffing.

ResponseMeta does not answer 4(d) directly; it redirects to its answer for 4(c), which states that Meta implemented a company-wide restructuring "focused on flattening" the organization, says these changes "did not change the commitment we have to our ongoing integrity efforts," and that Meta continues to have "about 40,000 people focused on overall safety and security efforts" — without breaking out child-safety-specific layoff or backfill numbers.