Information & Ethics committee  I was very interested, Mr. Balsillie, in what you were saying about creating a structure of holding the platforms to account. Do you think that the creation of a liability for platforms empowering citizens to take action for damage caused, like the law of torts, would be a way

Information & Ethics committee  I raised the tort concept because we heard from the broadcasting regulator in the U.K. last week that she doesn't really consider that a regulator alone has sufficient flexibility or resources to deal with the scale of the challenge. I wonder if we individualize the accountabili

Information & Ethics committee  This is a case of recidivism by Mr. Zuckerberg. This has happened previously, and it is a matter of deep concern. It's particularly of great concern to me, because unfortunately governments are continuing to meet with Mr. Zuckerberg, and I think it important that we should commun

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps I could ask about a specific hearing that Facebook gave evidence at in February 2018. When we asked Facebook about Cambridge Analytica in Washington, we were not informed of the data incident involving Cambridge Analytica and Aleksandr Kogan. Mr. Potts, with regard to tr

Information & Ethics committee  It's a matter of public record. The reason we want Mark Zuckerberg here is that we want clear evidence from Facebook executives about specific questions that we've asked. Mr. Chan, can you answer the question for me?

Information & Ethics committee  I can tell you exactly what happened. I could read the position. We raised the issue of Cambridge Analytica, the data incident and the issue related to Cambridge Analytica. We were not told that there had been a data incident involving Aleksandr Kogan, which came out subsequently

Information & Ethics committee  Did you regard that incident as a serious matter, the Cambridge Analytica incident?

Information & Ethics committee  Do you know what steps were taken within Facebook when the Cambridge Analytica incident involving Aleksandr Kogan...? What steps were taken? Do you know?

Information & Ethics committee  I asked you a specific question. What steps were taken within Facebook when you became aware of the Cambridge Analytica incident? I'm choosing my words very carefully, more sympathetically than most would. Some people would call this a data breach, but on the incident involving A

Information & Ethics committee  Who made that decision?

Information & Ethics committee  The specific individual I'd like to be asking this question of is Mark Zuckerberg because I want to know if he knew about this incident then. Did he know? I've asked Mike Schroepfer this question and he told me he'd get back to me. That was last summer. Did Mark Zuckerberg know

Information & Ethics committee  Can I just stop you there? You said, Mr. Potts, that the incident was serious. Can you give me an example of a business or an individual who has been taken off the Facebook platform for the type of incident or breach that happened involving Aleksandr Kogan, the sharing of inform

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Potts. We want basic honesty, which is a universal value, and you have people from around the world at this table. We all understand honesty. We've got different legal systems—

Information & Ethics committee  —and I want straight answers. I've heard from you four times in evidence.

Information & Ethics committee  I have not had a straight answer from your company. You've been sent here by Mr. Zuckerberg to speak on behalf of Facebook. He's had plenty of notice of these questions.