The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, said it remained “far too easy” for children to access the worst corners of the internet. In its most recent quarterly results statement, Meta said it had removed more than 2.6m accounts on Facebook and 850k accounts on Instagram because they were unable to meet the company’s minimum age requirement. She said: “But they don’t want to because they know that young users are the future of the platform and the earlier they get them, the more likely they’ll get them hooked.” The Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, told MPs in October that the company could make a “huge dent” in the number of under 13-year-olds on its site if it wanted to. The tech firms attending the meeting included Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, TikTok, Snap and Twitter – all of whom require a minimum age of 13 for their users. It is understood the request for details of underage site use was made before the meeting and repeated during the gathering, where the subject of age-checking users was also brought up, along with parental controls in app stores. Frances Haugen told MPs in October that Facebook ‘know that young users are the future of the platform and the earlier they get them, the more likely they’ll get them hooked’.
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