Information & Ethics committee Mr. Angus, as I clearly said, I did read the Globe and Mail article. I don't remember all of it. It was released yesterday—
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee Yes. It was released yesterday, Thursday. So, yes, in the middle of what's happening I did go over it. Now, as David clearly said—
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee I said that because it's a journalist's article, it doesn't mean that it's factual.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee Correct.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee That's a perfect example of journalists not understanding whom they're interviewing. Formatters do not report to the police. Formatters do not review the content for, as David just explained many times—
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee It's completely non-factual.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee Every time there are these kinds of reports, we reach out to the journalists and ask for more information to help us identify and remove the content. That journalist could easily have flagged that content with just one click of a button. They did not flag it. They did not submit
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee Once flagged, the average for 2020, off the top of my head, was less than six hours.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee I don't know about 80%, but yes, a large portion of unverified user-uploaded content was removed.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee No. I said unverified uploaders. We have content today only from verified uploaders. The content we removed had been uploaded by people who were not verified.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee I'm the CEO of the MindGeek Canada division.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee No, that's not correct—only for the Canadian subsidiary, which provides services to the European subsidiary.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee I've been asked that question before. I think this is a private, personal matter. I'd like not to share that with the committee.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee I don't understand how what I own is relevant to this committee. Number two, I don't think it's illegal to own a house or a property. I don't own anything in the Laurentians. If you look at the media reports—
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon
Information & Ethics committee Depending which property you're talking about.... But no, MindGeek does not own any property.
February 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Feras Antoon