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Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers

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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.