Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis

Transcript · U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary · January 31, 2024

Senator Hawley cited self-reports of 37% unwanted nudity exposure, 24% unwanted sexual advances, and 17% self-harm content among girls aged 13–15. Zuckerberg disputed Hawley’s broader characterization and later addressed the families with the quoted apology.

I’m sorry for everything that you’ve all gone through. It’s terrible. No one should have to go through the things that your families have suffered.

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Senator Hawley cited self-reports of 37% unwanted nudity exposure, 24% unwanted sexual advances, and 17% self-harm content among girls aged 13–15. Zuckerberg disputed Hawley’s broader characterization and later addressed the families with the quoted apology. Directly verifies the figures as statements in questioning, Zuckerberg’s denials, and his apology; none is a judicial finding.

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