Information & Ethics committee  You mentioned earlier the tech companies. I think you said that their answer to you was, “We've got this.” Obviously, that's far from the case. You also said it's obvious that they were not verifying the persons behind the advertisements and the donations. Are you aware of the C

Information & Ethics committee  Sometime, I think, after you released Robert Mueller's findings, a non-profit organization called Campaign for Accountability posed as IRA operators, bought political ads and did so very easily. They were able to effectively get Google to run a whole series of advertisements and

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. On the regulations that you spoke of, from the quote that I read to you, could you maybe, in 30 seconds, tell us what you think should be the core principles behind such regulations to stop the influence and corruption of foreign interference in democratic processes?

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, because ultimately, false information is not free speech, is it?

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Ms. Weintraub, thank you very much for being here. In September 2017 you wrote a letter to the then chairman of the FEC. I'll just quote one paragraph from it and ask you some questions. You said, “It is imperative that we update the Federal Election Commission's regu

Information & Ethics committee  In fact, would you agree that the typical modus operandi of such bad actors would be precisely to sow discord on socially decisive issues; to take up issues that split open fault lines in society so that institutions and ultimately governments are undermined?

Information & Ethics committee  It didn't come up.

Information & Ethics committee  You, yourself, Mr. Potts, just last month, gave evidence to the U.K. Parliament, where this issue came up in that session. Was that not correct?

Information & Ethics committee  Fair enough, but I would like to say that I'm surprised Facebook didn't see fit to check whether something had been missed.

Information & Ethics committee  If it's an answer to my question, then, yes, please explain, but otherwise—

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Potts, earlier you had said in answer to my colleague's question that you were not aware of being told prior to or after the bombings in Sri Lanka that it, in fact, had been flagged to Facebook prior to that. Do you recall that?

Information & Ethics committee  This was a serious and horrific massacre where videos were carried on Facebook for some time and, as you said, it's hate speech in clear breach of your policies. The alleged bomber himself, in fact, had a Facebook account, which I'm sure you know. I'm surprised that you didn't ch

Information & Ethics committee  I know. That's not my focus. Why it is that today, about two months after the event, you still don't know if, prior to the attack, Facebook had been made aware of the existence of the videos? I would have thought that, if you were to have us believe that the policies you now have

Information & Ethics committee  No. Please answer my question. Why was it not removed? You say it's a breach of your own policies. Why was it not removed in September 2018?