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Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers
Questioner: Marsha BlackburnWitness: Steve Satterfield
Harm: Child sexual exploitationHarm: Drugs
Q. · Question
Marsha Blackburn
A. · Response
Steve Satterfield
QuestionBlackburn presses on whether Meta's improvements are substantive or superficial, specifically asking whether it will stop human/sex/drug traffickers from using its platforms, and cites a Mexican drug cartel that remained active on Facebook.
ResponseSatterfield says there's no place on Facebook for trafficking activity and claims the specific cartel organization referenced in the WSJ article was designated and banned.