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Fidji Simo

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Internal documentMessages8 Apr 2019

"I don't see us funding [the Well-Being 10x initiative] from Instagram any time soon"

David Ginsberg: "Mark, As part of the contingency headcount process we are requesting additional headcount to fund the 'Well-being 10x' initiative." …

David Ginsberg · Susan Li · Tom Alison · Adam Mosseri

Profits over Safety

Addiction & problematic use

Internal documentMessages16 Sep 2019

"Well-being is the existential question we face, and we lack a strong understanding of our effects on people's well-being as well as roadmap of work that demonstrates we care about well-being."

Adam Mosseri: "We kicked off a bunch of work in 2017 that ended up being mostly folded into MSI. …

Adam Mosseri · Fidji Simo

Profits over SafetyKnowledge

Internal documentMessages18 Jun 2019

"[T]he big Q is whether we proactively kick people off we 'think' are below minimum age (ie 13) which would obviously reduce MAP."

Joel Kaplan: "In the meantime, wanted to provide a bit more color re the policy POV on the points Will raises. Our views are that:" 1. …

Joel Kaplan · Fidji Simo · Andrew Bocking

Profits over Safety

Internal documentMessages8 Nov 2016

Ethan ████: Under-13s are a "big 'build' opportunit[y]"

We have two big 'build' opportunities: a. Under-13s, including regulated Under-13s b. Social entertainment and video.

Name withheld in filing

Youth Targeting

Alleged by plaintiffsSep 2019

PLAINTIFFS’ CHARACTERIZATION

"[T]he main problem is that we need to increase investment."

Unnamed employee, as quoted by plaintiffs

Profits over Safety

Source: Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief, California v. Meta

Internal documentMessages13 Jun 2018

Fidji Simo: "we lost this teen generation but have a shot at getting kids" (forwarded by Brian Boland)

Lots of talk about the fact that we lost this teen generation but have a shot at getting kids, especially with Messenger kids, and should therefore 1) build more kid experiences …

Unnamed employee

Youth Targeting

Internal documentMessages12 Nov 2019

"we're talking about actively encouraging young girls into body dysmorphia"

Margaret Stewart: "We are asking for your support to update our policies to: 1. Disallow effects that mimic plastic surgery for first party (FB/IG/MSGR) and third party effects. …

Margaret Stewart · Andrew Bosworth · John Hegeman · Karina Newton · Adam Mosseri and names withheld in filing

Profits over SafetyKnowledge

Body image & eating disorders

Internal documentMessages12 May 2020

Margaret Stewart (on lifting cosmetic surgery ban): "I don't think it's the right call given the risks... I just hope that years from now we will look back and feel good about the decision we made here."

Hey there, thanks for getting back to us on this. …

Margaret Stewart

Profits over Safety

Body image & eating disorders

Internal documentMessages16 Feb 2020

Mark Zuckerberg: "I get that some people, especially teens, may feel self-conscious about posting content that doesn't get enough likes. I'm not sure if the tests showed this was actually helpful at all for those use cases, but that's not really relevant to my own use."

I get that some people, especially teens, may feel self-conscious about posting content that doesn't get enough likes. …

Mark Zuckerberg

ConcealmentKnowledge

Internal documentMessages7 Feb 2016

Mark Zuckerberg: "There is also an element of just following attractive people... for the long tail of gawking I could definitely see people spending lots of time browsing public Lives of people of their preferred gender/age around the world. And it wouldn't be creepy because the people broadcasting explicitly want to have people watching them."

I'm excited about pushing ahead as fast as we can on Live because it is the most unique and promising new development in two spaces we care about deeply but are behind in: video …

Mark Zuckerberg

Youth TargetingProfits over Safety

Child sexual exploitation

Alleged by plaintiffs2021

PLAINTIFFS’ CHARACTERIZATION

Karina Newton noted "we have continued to get the advice [from experts] that we should have Daisy on by default for teens." …

Unnamed employee, as quoted by plaintiffs

Profits over Safety

Source: Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief, California v. Meta

Internal documentMessages8 Apr 2020

Nick Clegg (on lifting cosmetic surgery filter ban): "We would – rightly – be accused of putting growth over responsibility"

Sheryl – this has now gone back to Mark, I added you to the email thread. …

Nick Clegg

Profits over Safety

Body image & eating disorders

Internal documentMessages26 Mar 2020

Zuckerberg (on cosmetic surgery filter ban): "It has always felt paternalistic to me that we've limited people's ability to present themselves in these ways... I'm supportive of... lifting restrictions"

Andy O'Connell: "Mark- Next Thursday we are meeting to decide whether we should continue, modify, or lift the temporary ban on Cosmetic Surgery AR Effects that we instituted in …

Andy O'Connell · Mark Zuckerberg and names withheld in filing

Profits over SafetyKnowledge

Body image & eating disorders