Public Safety committee  Yes, that's a really good question. We had a 24-7 monitoring effort during the convoy protest, which we set up almost immediately. We were looking at groups, accounts and discussions on the platform to monitor them for any breach of our community standards. We removed material that was in violation of our community standards.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. It's actually a very good question. On this question of algorithms, what you see in your newsfeed, including advertising, depends on a number of what we call “signals”. Those signals include what you have liked before, what kinds of accounts you follow, what you have indicated your particular interests are, and any information that you have given us about your location, who you are and your demographic information.

Public Safety committee  No, that's untrue. If you search for anything about COVID-19 or coronavirus, part of what you will be directed to is our COVID-19 hub, which contains credible information, including from the Public Health Agency of Canada, on the coronavirus and vaccines. We're really thrilled about the fact, actually, that 90% plus of Facebook users in Canada have indicated that they are supportive of vaccination and wish to find out more information about vaccines.

Public Safety committee  The short answer is that we're still evaluating that legislation. We didn't know the scope of it until it was tabled very recently. We have some pretty serious concerns. Our view is that when publishers place links to their content on our platforms, they receive significant value from doing that.

Public Safety committee  I would say that we're still looking at all of the options based on our evaluation of the legislation. We're still going through that in detail. We were not consulted on the content of it, and so we need to review it in pretty close detail before we decide what our future response will be.

Public Safety committee  Again, I would just reiterate that we have some fairly significant concerns with Bill C-18. We think it should take into account the way the Internet actually works when it comes to linking to views on our websites. We hope we're able to engage in a good conversation with the government about that.

Public Safety committee  Thanks, David. In Canada, in 2020, in partnership with Ontario Tech University Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, led by Dr. Perry, who you just heard from, we launched the Global Network Against Hate. This five-year program will help advance the centre's work and research on violent extremism based on ethnic, racial, gender and other forms of prejudice, including how it spreads and how to stop it.

Public Safety committee  —and QAnon-affiliated pages and organizations. To sum up, we've banned 250 white supremacist organizations from our platforms. We're constantly engaged with this work in conjunction with Canadian law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We'll start with my colleague, Mr. Tessler.