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

QuestionLee asks whether Meta notifies parents when it reports CSAM involving their child's account to NCMEC.

ResponseNo — Meta explicitly does not notify parents when it reports CSAM to NCMEC, citing child-safety-risk and legal (Stored Communications Act, defamation) concerns; it states it made over 26 million NCMEC reports in 2022 versus ~6 million for the rest of the industry combined.