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

Testimony

Questioner: Peter Welch

Narrative: ConcealmentNarrative: KnowledgeHarm: Child sexual exploitationDesign feature: Direct MessagingDesign feature: FiltersDesign feature: NotificationsInitiative: Encryption
Q. · Question

Peter Welch

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionWelch asked Meta to detail, platform by platform, how it identifies, removes, and reports CSAM given default end-to-end encryption.

ResponseMeta declines to detail its CSAM detection mechanics (citing evasion risk) but describes account-disabling/linked-account enforcement, the Take It Down/Lantern industry programs, default-private teen accounts, restrictions on adult-to-teen messaging, an on-device nudity-detection/blurring feature for DMs (default-on for under-18s), and in-app safety-notice prompts flagging suspicious accounts.