Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 28th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 28th, 2019 / 12:50 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Right. Okay, so none of you have a view on a really important issue of our day.

In terms of algorithmic accountability, the Government of Canada now has algorithmic impact assessments. Have any of your companies conducted algorithmic impact assessments? Facebook for News Feed, Google for the recommendation function on YouTube, and Twitter, have you conducted internal algorithmic impact assessments, yes or no?

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