Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

QuestionPortman confronts Cox with public reporting that Meta directed content moderators to "err on the side of" assuming a person depicted in sexual exploitation content is an adult when age is unclear, asks him to confirm or deny it, and presses whether he'll commit to reviewing and changing the policy.

ResponseCox does not directly confirm or deny the "err on the side of adult" policy, attributes the approach to guidance from NCMEC to prioritize "known CSAM" content, says he personally wasn't part of that specific conversation, and commits only to having his team "follow up."