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Kevin Systrom

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Internal documentMessages

████: "Our EMEA team... is aggressively addressing questions about the age of consent for social media in European member states, after a regulation was passed last year requiring teens <16 to get parental consent to use internet services. The regulation does allow each member state to choose an age 13 or above, so we'll use 2017 to lobby policymakers to choose 13."

[Instagram Teens HPM]: "Our EMEA team led by ████ is aggressively addressing questions about the age of consent for social media in European member states, after a …

Name withheld in filing

Youth Targeting

Internal documentMessages

"Emphasis on driving time spent. During H1, we will approach major moments(Awards Show, Olympics, etc.) with an explicit goal around moving time spent. We will support our company-wide time spent goals by supporting initiatives around Video, Live Events, and Ranked Feed."

Emily Eckert: "Our vertical model is working well. With a larger team, we are expanding to new verticals and deepening our focus in top markets." …

Emily Eckert and names withheld in filing

Youth TargetingProfits over Safety

Alleged by plaintiffs

PLAINTIFFS’ CHARACTERIZATION

Systrom replied to Zuckerberg on April 21, 2017 to note that issues were equally bad at Instagram, where "[l]ast weekend a boy shot himself on IG live" and there were an average of three live videos a week involving "imminent danger from issues ranging from self harm to child exploitation."

Unnamed employee, as quoted by plaintiffs

Knowledge

Suicide & self-injury

Source: Plaintiff's Complaint for Abatement and Civil Penalties, New Mexico v. Meta