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Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation

Testimony

Questioner: Morgan GriffithWitness: Mark Zuckerberg

Harm: Child sexual exploitation
Q. · Question

Morgan Griffith

A. · Response

Mark Zuckerberg

QuestionCiting NCMEC CyberTipline data showing Facebook responsible for 20.3 million child-exploitation reports (far more than Google, Twitter, or MindGeek), Griffith asks, yes or no, whether Facebook has a child exploitation problem on its platform.

ResponseZuckerberg attributes Facebook's high NCMEC report volume to proactive over-flagging rather than a uniquely high rate of child exploitation content, arguing high report numbers should be seen as evidence of diligence rather than criticized.