Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're open to all formats in that regard, and we'll commit all sorts of partnership opportunities. One thing we use on our platform every day is a hashtag emoji. That's a guiding light to tell you that this is the hashtag you should use for the debate. That's something we can c

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Twitter works with all the media partners and gives them a lot of free tools, which we invest in as well, so live streaming is possible because we have a service called “Periscope” through which we enable people to take their feed onto Twitter. We also acquired a company in 2014

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We work with all the media broadcasters in Canada and likely in that case offered them the same services as in every other debate, with data and partnerships to tune in as well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would defer to the commission to determine the number of debates. I think it's important to make sure that people know how to tune in, and that this is a clear part of the process so that people aren't fragmented and miss a debate. There's also the replay functionality to be a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From Twitter, we encourage working with media partners who have access to the debate, and we want to make sure that happens on Twitter as well. I have a few numbers to cite from political events this year, and the young audiences that they bring in. In the U.S., the presidential

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're open to working with CPAC as a media broadcaster—and Elections Canada, or whatever other group of folks who want to partner with Twitter—to bring more people into the process.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Twitter is unique in that you don't have to identify who you are. That's really important in a lot of democracies around the world, where it's important to have an open communication platform. When it comes to debates and how we track our data, it's also important to understand

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it's always important to inform the voters. Tell them how to tune in. Have a hashtag on the stage so that they know what to look for. Have a username on the podium so they know how to connect with them. Often a handle is the same across multiple platforms, and that's a gr

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have the most experience with the U.S. elections. This year we saw a lot of innovations around live-streaming debate. In New Jersey there was a governors' debate that we partnered with, and they had multiple media partners. They took questions from Twitter users both before an

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and distinguished members, for the invitation to speak before your committee today and participate in this discussion. I am Bridget Coyne, senior public policy manager for Twitter, based in Washington, D.C., and I work closely with our Canadian office in