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Blumenthal presses Davis to confirm she's not committing to concrete steps or a timeline on eating disorders/suicidal ideation, and dismisses her described mitigations as "baby steps." …
Blumenthal asks how long the Instagram-for-kids pause will last and who — specifically whether Zuckerberg — will decide. No timeline given; Davis again declines to name a decision-maker, saying it's a collaborative process.
Blackburn asks what Facebook does with data from its "digital experience surveys" of kids, how long it's retained, and demands Facebook submit its parental-consent form for the record. …
Lummis contrasts Zuckerberg's earlier congressional testimony (social apps have "positive mental health benefits") with internal research Facebook allegedly withheld, and asks directly whether Facebook is withholding negative-mental-health-impact studies. …
Lummis asks whether Facebook uses data on the "2 out of 10" users with negative experiences to adapt its product for kids being harmed. Davis describes the same "nudges" toward uplifting content approach mentioned elsewhere in the hearing.
Cruz asks whether Zuckerberg was personally aware of the teen-harm research per WSJ reporting, and whether Davis herself has ever discussed it with him. …
Cruz repeatedly presses Davis on the WSJ-reported "13%/6% trace their desire to kill themselves to Instagram" finding — is it accurate, has the underlying research been fully released, and how can "not bombshell" be squared with that statistic. …
Cruz asks (1) whether Facebook changed any policies in response to the suicide-ideation research, and (2) whether Facebook has ever quantified how many children have died by suicide attributable to its products, pressing repeatedly for a yes/no. …
Lee asks, yes/no, whether Facebook/Instagram allow businesses to target adult-themed ads at 13-17-year-olds. …
Lee narrows to sexually suggestive/explicit ad targeting specifically, then asks what Facebook's process is for determining which ads are age-appropriate for kids. …
Lee asks whether Facebook/Instagram's App Store age ratings (12+ on Apple, "Teen" on Google Play) came from Facebook itself, why there's a disparity between those ratings and the actual (sometimes exploitative/pornographic-adjacent) content available, and — pointedly — whether Davis personally believes those ratings are appropriate. …
Blumenthal directly asks Davis to commit to ending "Finstas" (secret teen second accounts). Davis again frames Finstas as teen-driven behavior rather than a Facebook product/feature, and doesn't commit to ending anything. …
Sullivan asks directly whether Davis was aware of the teen-suicide-statistics research, then challenges her framing that Instagram use "helps" more than harms, calling it "quite remarkable" and pressing for actual evidence. …
Sullivan cites China's regulatory time-limits on teen social media/gaming use and asks whether the U.S. government should consider similar mandated limits, since he doesn't trust the industry to self-regulate. …
Blumenthal offers Davis a closing opportunity to add anything before the hearing adjourns. …
Sheryl Sandberg: "If these are the right things to do, we should not need an article to push us to do them. …
Sheryl Sandberg · Guy Rosen
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Shilpa Mody: "Btw did either of you watch any of the hearing?" Shruti Bhutada: "One senator asked about our findings (looked like they had Moira and Justin's data from Dec 2020? …
Shilpa Mody · Shruti Bhutada · Wendy Gross
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Antigone Davis: "Was there a discussion on using 25 as the default? We get hammered on this issue quite a bit on the safety side. It is seen as a signal to age lie. …
Antigone Davis and names withheld in filing
Profits over Safety
Instagram Reels launching globally on August 5: Ahead of the launch, we have been reviewing curation guidelines, ensuring integrity measures are in place, and tracking cases of …
Unnamed employee
Profits over SafetyKnowledge
Meta & Children's Online Safety