Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Baron, I guess I want to talk to you about your views on the responsibilities that social media companies should assume. An example was given in the previous panel about how Instagram suddenly made private the accounts of everyone who was 16 or younger, because there were people who were going through those images and trying to find ways to approach young teens. Instagram could have done this 10 years ago, but they did it now because there was the threat of regulation coming their way.
These social media companies have algorithms that can amplify certain content and suppress other content. What is your view on the government's role in making these social media companies have some basic standards of practice that allow people to safely participate online? Again, one day it might be freedom of expression that's being compromised, people being able to freely express themselves. The great fear is that this can follow them from the online space and manifest itself physically. People are feeling that their actual lives are in danger.
What are your views on how we approach the subject of making social media companies more responsible for making a safer online space?