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

QuestionLee asks whether Meta allows minors to use encrypted messaging given that grooming and CSAM sharing occur on encrypted systems, and why juvenile accounts need encryption at all.

ResponseMeta confirms juvenile accounts do use its encrypted messaging (Messenger/Instagram DMs), defends encryption as not sacrificing safety, and describes a three-part strategy (prevent, control, respond) including on-device nudity detection and ML detection of suspicious patterns in non-encrypted account signals, without directly answering why encryption is necessary for minors.