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

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Questioner: Peter Welch

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Bullying & harassmentDesign feature: Direct MessagingDesign feature: NotificationsInitiative: BEEF Survey
Q. · Question

Peter Welch

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionWelch asked how findings from Meta's internal user-perception surveys (including the BEEF survey) drove product changes benefiting under-18 users' health or safety.

ResponseMeta says perception-survey findings shaped teen-facing features like warning nudges, comment-revision prompts, and DM civility reminders, while cautioning that survey responses are subjective and don't establish rule violations or objective harm.