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

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Questioner: Alex Padilla

Initiative: Quiet ModeInitiative: Take a Break
Q. · Question

Alex Padilla

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionPadilla asks how many minors use Meta's platforms (Instagram, Facebook/Messenger, Quest/Horizon), how many of their caregivers actually use Family Center parental tools, and how Meta ensures awareness and usefulness of those tools.

ResponseMeta says about 6% of Instagram and 1% of Facebook US daily active accounts self-report as under-18, cites broad availability of parental supervision tools, and reports high retention rates for teens who adopt time-management and supervision features.