Information & Ethics committee  Hi, everyone. I am Sun Xueling. I'm the senior parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development, from Singapore. Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  I have some follow-up questions for Mr. McNamee. I'd like to make reference to the Christchurch shooting on March 15, 2019. After that, The New York Times published an article by Mr. Kevin Roose. I'd like to quote what he mentioned in his article. He said: ...we do know that th

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, indeed.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. McNamee, in your book you say that: Whether by design or by accident, platforms empower extreme views in a variety of ways. The ease with which like-minded extremists can find one another creates the illusion of legitimacy. Protected from real-world stigma, communication am

Information & Ethics committee  I would like to come back to the example of Sri Lanka, with Mr. Neil Potts. Mr. Potts said earlier that he was not aware that the incendiary videos had been sent up to Facebook. I would like to highlight that in an article in The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Hilmy Ahamed, vice-presi

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Similarly, can I then confirm in the same spirit that if Facebook were aware of a video being falsified—and we discussed the case of Nancy Pelosi earlier—Facebook would then carry a clarification that they are aware the video is falsified?

Information & Ethics committee  Your disclaimer would actually say that you understand that the information contained is false.

Information & Ethics committee  This would be circulated to all who would have seen the original video.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chan, previously you had talked about Facebook putting friction into the system. Can I then confirm with you that Facebook is committed to cutting out foreign interference in political activities and elections, and that you would actively put friction into the system to ensur

Information & Ethics committee  My question was quite specific. I wanted you to confirm what you said earlier, that you are putting “friction” into the system. You specifically used that term.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have some questions for Mr. Alan Davidson. I was reading the Mozilla Manifesto with interest. I guess I had some time. I think there are 10 principles in your manifesto. Specifically on principle 9, it reads that “Commercial involvement in the developmen

Information & Ethics committee  Also, I think there was an Internet health report that Mozilla Foundation put out, and I'd like to thank your organization, a non-profit working for the public benefit. I think the Cambridge Analytica scandal was referred to, and your report says that the scandal is a symptom of

Information & Ethics committee  We also heard testimony yesterday. I think many of the grand committee members had spoken with businesses who talked about examples around Sri Lanka or Nancy Pelosi. It seemed that it was more about putting information out there, freedom of reach rather than real protection of fr

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Thank you.