Meta & Children's Online Safety"It's a social comparison app, fucking get used to it"
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Darius Kilstein
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"PYMK was responsible for 80% of violating adult/minor connections."
These restrictions on messaging and recommendations/search are what we have on FB today. We need to have some equivalency on Instagram." …
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Profits over Safety
"TL;DR is that it's important to acquire them early on"
████: "As I understand parental gatekeeping is much larger for 13yo - should we focus more on 14-17? …
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Youth Targeting
"We have to be extra careful when conducting research to avoid conversations that highlight <13 yo with IG accounts."
One flag for folks is that we have to be extra careful when conducting research to avoid conversations that highlight <13 yo with IG accounts. …
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"Hey folks do we have data or research you can point to around early teens (or tweens) trends on messaging and competition? ████: "████ did an analysis with 13-14yrs old as a tween proxy"
████: "Hey folks do we have data or research you can point to around early teens (or tweens) trends on messaging and competition? Specifically …
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Youth TargetingConcealment
"it just keeps people coming back even when it stops being good for them"
Darius Kilstein: btw there is a new netflix doco basically saying we're creating a world of addicts ████: Interesting. …
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Profits over SafetyKnowledge
Adjustments to privacy by default by teens are about looking good to regulators
████: "#wut PBD" ████: "Private by default :)"| …
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Profits over Safety
"[Privacy by default for teens] will likely smash engagement, DAP, MAP etc"
████: "I just caught up with Brett W and he forgot to give us some relevant feedback in the morning review around private accounts. …
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Profits over Safety
"Guess what, they're reviving private by default LOL" ████: "I felt bad for everyone involved in this next round of litigation"
Darius Kilstein: "Guess what, they're reviving private by default LOL" Darius Kilstein: "mygod" …
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"This was never really about increasing safety… It was all for the pR wins"
████: "you can build something smarter, than default by private, for example not letting ppl who are 2+ …
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Meta abandoned privacy by default for teens because the growth impact was too high
Darius Kilstein: "I wonder what % of grooming happens from people with at least 1 NFX action? …
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Profits over Safety
Redacted: "[T]he better thing for [growth] metrics will be worse for [Well-Being]/policy pov"
████: "basically having 2 options with different levels of impact on metrics, wb, policy etc and let ████ decide based on the results" …
Darius Kilstein and names withheld in filing
Profits over Safety