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Asks whether Meta has internal research or evidence showing its platforms can be addictive. Says internal research is inconclusive and most users don't experience the service as addictive, but supports giving users more control tools.
Asks about the 2.5 million suicide/self-injury posts removed in Q4 2020 and what policies expanded reviewer capacity over time. Says AI now identifies roughly 98-99% of hate speech, terrorist content, and suicide-related content Meta removes.
Says he doesn't believe the platform harms children, citing design goals around well-being and connection and the under-13 ban.
Challenges the consistency between discouraging passive screen time and designing to increase it, and asks if the goal is maximizing time on-platform. …
Cites studies showing algorithms promote divisive, hateful content because it boosts engagement, and asks what's being done to fix it. Disputes that the goal is keeping people on the service, saying the aim is meaningful social interactions.
Asks whether kids commonly lie about their age to bypass the 13+ rule, and whether under-13s can currently use Instagram. …
Asks how a proposed free under-13 service would monetize users, whether it targets children, and if he'd let his own kids use it. Says Meta is still early in exploring the under-13 service concept and currently doesn't allow under-13 use.
Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation
Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation
Accuses him of profiting by hooking users to the platform and asks if he agrees the product is designed to create addiction.
Latta recounts the Amanda Todd case — a 15-year-old who died by suicide after being harassed with illegal images of herself shared on Facebook — and repeatedly asks, as a yes/no question, whether Facebook bears any responsibility for her death. …
Latta asks what specific Section 230 reforms Zuckerberg supports, given his testimony citing child exploitation as a category platforms should be held accountable for, and presses on transparency-reporting frequency. …
Upton asks what resources Meta devotes to combating illegal drug sales on its platforms, given the practice remains a problem despite violating policy. …
Citing initial reports that the Boulder, Colorado mass-shooting suspect had been bullied, including online, Upton asks what process exists for parents/families to pursue anti-bullying efforts on Meta's platforms, and what changes to Section 230 Zuckerberg would suggest. …
Eshoo asks, as a yes/no question, whether Zuckerberg will commit to redesigning Meta's products to eliminate their focus on "addicting users to your platforms at all costs" for ad-revenue purposes. …
Referring to anti-Asian-hate-associated hashtags (e.g. COVID-origin slurs) circulating on social platforms, Matsui asks why Facebook still allows them and presses Zuckerberg specifically for comment after Dorsey answers. …
Castor cites the documentary "The Social Dilemma," a 2019 JAMA pediatric study linking adolescent depression risk to social media hours, and 2019 HHS research on rising suicide rates among 10-to-14-year-olds, asking whether Zuckerberg is aware of each, and whether he's aware of research linking self-harm hospitalizations to addictive app design. …
Clarke asks why Facebook continues to allow racially discriminatory ad targeting despite past updates to its "special ad audience" tools. …
Citing the El Paso and Atlanta mass shootings as examples of hate-fueled violence linked to online content, Cárdenas asks whether Zuckerberg believes Meta has done enough to combat the spread of hatred and incitement to violence on its platforms. …
Craig describes a specific incident where Facebook took down a colleague's trans-flag video as hate speech while leaving up another member's transphobic video, asks Zuckerberg to confirm the facts and whether the disparate enforcement seems right, and asks whether he'd support a mandatory Office of Civil Rights reporting to the CEO. …
Meta & Children's Online Safety