Mr. Thomas Owen Ripley at the Canadian Heritage Committee

On November 18th, 2022. See this statement in context.

November 18th, 2022 / 1:55 p.m.

Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs, Department of Canadian Heritage

No, Mr. Tolmie. I believe Mrs. Thomas asked about Facebook Messenger, which is one of the messaging services that Meta offers that permits communication between individuals. I believe the answer I gave her was to specify that the private messaging services—again, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger come to mind—are excluded from the concept of digital news intermediary.

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