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00:00SO LET MY MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT ' S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AS YOU MAY KNOW, I FIGHT THE BILL TO FIGHT ONLINE SIX TRAFFICKING ACT. I AM COMMITTED TO ROOTING OUT ONLINE SEX TRAFFICKING AND BELIEVE THAT WHAT ELSE ILLEGAL OFFLINE SHOULD INDEED BE ILLEGAL ONLINE. THREE WEEKS AGO, THE " NEW YORK TIMES " RAN A REPORT TITLED THE INTERNET IS OVERRUN WITH IMAGES OF CHILD SEX ABUSE, AND I ' D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS FOR THE RECORD. > > WITHOUT OBJECTION. WITHOUT OBJECTION. > > 16.8 MILLION, 16.8 MILLION AS CONFIRMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE 18.4 MILLION WORLD WHIDE REPORTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS ARE ON FACEBOOK. 16.8 OF THE 18.4 MILLION. THESE 18.4 MILLION REPORTS FROM LAST YEAR INCLUDED A RECORD 45 MILLION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING NUMBERS. MOREOVER, IT ' S ESTIMATED THAT 70% OF FACEBOOK ' S VALUABLE REPORTING TO THE NATIONAL CENTER ON MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN WOULD BE LOST IF FACEBOOK IMPLEMENTS ITS END TO END ENCRYPTION PROPOSAL. MR. ZUCKERBERG, HOW MUCH IS THIS FIGURE GROWING YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND IF YOU ENACT END TO END ENCRYPTION, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE CHILDREN WHO WILL BE HARMED AS A RESULT THAT THEY ' RE NOT RECORDED? > > CONGRESSWOMAN, THANKS. CHILD EXPLOITATION IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS THREATS THAT WE FOCUS ON. > > WHAT IS FACEBOOK DOING? 16.8 OF THE 18.4 MILLION. > > WELL, CONGRESSWOMAN, THE REASON -- THOSE REPORTS COME FROM FACEBOOK. THE REASON WHY THE VAST MAJORITY COME FROM FACEBOOK IS BECAUSE I THINK WE WORK HARDER THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY TO IDENTIFY THIS BEHAVIOR. > > WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SHUT IT DOWN? THESE ACCOUNTS PEDDLE HORRIFIC CONTENT WHAT EXPLOITS WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SHUT THIS DOWN? > > CONGRESSWOMAN, WE BUILD SOPHISTICATED SYSTEMS TO FIND THIS BEHAVIOR. > > 16.8 MILLION AND GROWING? OF THE 18.4 MILLIONS? > > WELL, CONGRESSWOMAN, I DON ' T THINK FACEBOOK IS THE ONLY PLACE ON THE INTERNET BEFORE WEATHER THIS BEHAVIOR IS HAPPENING. I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE REPORTS COME FROM US REFLECT WE DO A BETTER JOB THAN ANYBODY ELSE OF FINDING IT AND ACTING ON IT. AND YOU ' RE RIGHT THAT IN AN IMPENDING CRYPTIC WORLD, ONE OF THE RISKS THAT I ' M WORRIED ABOUT, AMONG OTHERS, TO SAFETY, IS THAT IT WILL BE HARDER TO FIND SOME OF THIS BEHAVIOR. > > BUT YOU HAVE SAID YOU WANT END TO END ENCRYPTION. WHAT ' S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE CHILDREN? THEY WON ' T BE REPORTED THEN. AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, FACEBOOK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 16.8 MILLION OF THE 18.4 MILLION THAT ARE OUT THERE, LAST YEAR ALONE. > > AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN 18 MILLION OUT THERE, AND I THINK WE ' RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF FINDING THIS. > > WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO SHUT IT DOWN, MR. ZUCKERBERG? > > WE ' RE WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUILDING TECHNICAL SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY -- > > YOU ' RE NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH, SIR. AND END TO END ENCRYPTION IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE REPORTING PROCESS. I ' M OVER MY TIME. I HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT I ' LL SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD, BUT WE ' RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, AND I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU.

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