Alison Lee

"Reels featuring kids/tweens, and teens (i.e., 0-15) dancing and posing are pervasive, and often show up on people's Reels experience, even in cold starts... some may include risky elements (i.e., partial nudity, suggestive dance moves that are borderline CEI) that make both viewers uncomfortable and the subjects at risk."

Unnamed employee

Knowledge

"Teens are the target audience for Reels, but we have limited knowledge, tech, and tools to keep them safe."

TLDR: The Reels ecosystem makes it more vulnerable to integrity challenges" …

Unnamed employee

Youth TargetingKnowledgeProfits over Safety

"the reality is that it feels like censorship, removal of agency, and sends the message that our work (and expertise) is seen as a liability rather than an asset"

Alison Lee: "it doesn't make sense because UXR used to be embedded into product pillars, which then rolled up into app hierarchies (Instagram research) which then would roll up …

Alison Lee and names withheld in filing

Concealment

"we've repeatedly had to put p1 improvements like precision tuning on a number of integrity areas to correct for over/under-enforcement (including body positivity??... comments integrity, age-related recommendation tuning, and rabbitholing engineering on the back burner because we're so deeply understaffed"

Alison Lee: "to be honest, i was dismayed that it felt like Adam's response was that we were 'doing enough', going as far as to question 'how much is enough to invest into …

Alison Lee and names withheld in filing

Profits over Safety