Thank you for that.
I went to university. My undergrad was at the University of Victoria and I did my master's degree at Royal Roads, both on Vancouver Island. I guess the big difference then, especially in my undergrad days, was that we didn't have social media. It is an incredibly different environment now on campuses with social media—the fact that anyone could have their face livestreamed out in public and immediately their image is shared through social media accounts.
There has been a lot of discussion at various federal committees on taking social media companies to task, making them accountable for their standards, for the algorithms that push people into these dark corners. I know this intimately because I'm a member of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. We have delved deeply into ideologically motivated violent extremism. We have had expert testimony on how social media companies make money off of algorithms pushing people.
Can you just talk a little bit about it from your perspectives as academics? Is there anything more you would like to see this committee recommend with respect to how we make sure social media companies are accountable for the terms and conditions on their platforms? We have to remember that these are not public spaces. They are private spaces, and they are in the ownership of a company that is trying to make money.