Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I could only add, going back to your previous.... You're 100% right. We're not going to be 100%. We have to keep on fighting the new fights, not just fighting the old fights. It is in our financial interest to get this right. It is in our bottom line interest to make sure that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The way you phrased that question means you understand the complexity of it. I echo a lot of what Kevin just said, that we have similar approaches but very different platforms. I think what Twitter brings to our fight against disinformation, against efforts to manipulate the pla

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think there is a degree of clarity in the language about what is and what is not. In my conversations with Elections Canada, in January, I asked them, because I understood that it has been a standing law in Canada that indirectly advocating on behalf of a candidate is a very

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have 330 million monthly users worldwide. We'd have to get back to you, sir, on the exact number of users.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say it would be at least that, yes. Canada is a very large market for us.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Speaking on behalf of Twitter, we do embrace the idea that our users should know who is paying for the advertising, especially when it comes in the political context. In the conversations we've had, and in how we are communicating with governments around the world, we recognize

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If you aren't registered, we have a very high-touch process and we'll send you a notarized form and you'll have to go to a notary. Then you'll have to give us a copy of your passport that validates that you are who you say you are and that you're a national. That will allow you t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It depends on how much money you spend. If you're a political advertiser, though, we have to have a human look at your form.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A little more is involved than I can say in a headline, but essentially, if you're a political advertiser, you're going to have to fill out the form and get certified, and that's a very high-touch process that involves human—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For a political ad, we're starting from the point—and it's not the end point where we would like to end up—that a political ad is advertising that mentions a candidate. The industry is aiming for—and we're working with government experts, with academia, with partners, and also w

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The challenges we face are extremely similar to Facebook's, but our platforms are substantially different. The effort to address misinformation and disinformation has to be multi-faceted and has to be focused on our being good at what we're good at, which is trying to stop manipu

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair, for the invitation to appear today and for the opportunity to share our perspective. My name is Carlos Monje. I'm the director of policy and philanthropy for Canada and the United States. With me is Ms. Michele Austin, the head of government, public policy, and