Iqra Khalid at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 22nd, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 22nd, 2024 / 4:10 p.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

I appreciate that.

You spoke about the role that western social media platforms plays.

Do you think there is an obligation for these social media platforms with respect to the algorithms and how information is disseminated, whether it is truthful information, misinformation, disinformation or hate speech?

Do you think that social media companies have a responsibility to control how those algorithms are impacting what an individual Canadian is seeing within their feed and how it's impacting their participation in the democratic process?

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