Public Safety committee  The policy that we announced with regard to climate change advertising is in the spirit of the policies we've also announced that have banned political advertising on Twitter as well as advertising with regard to COVID‑19. So the company certainly is not afraid of making bold—

Public Safety committee  —policy statements. With regard to misinformation, maybe I can answer that later in another question. There's a lot there.

Public Safety committee  I don't think it's unfair to say that everybody is certainly trying to game the system. We introduced a new product where you could choose who you wanted to have reply, and many people tweeted out, “Reply to this tweet if you want to earn a million dollars”, and of course didn't

Public Safety committee  —we understand exactly who is tweeting out before we give them the blue check mark.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for that very important question. We are constantly updating and changing our policies and our product solutions. I don't have the information with regard to whether or not we changed it specifically after December 22, but I would be happy, through the clerk

Public Safety committee  I can't speculate on what Mr. Musk will or will not do until that deal closes, which could take months. I can only comment on our current approach, which will continue. With regard to open-source code, Mr. Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, tweeted extensively yesterday with reg

Public Safety committee  Just so that people watching and listening understand, as you said, algorithms are used for some of the most basic services by companies around Canada. I would suggest to the committee that, when you speak about open algorithms, you want to think about specifically what the algor

Public Safety committee  Your question is with regard to the proposal put forward by the Government of Canada to create the position of a digital safety commissioner who would have the ability to block Internet platforms. We made a submission that has been made public—which is great, and I'm very gratefu

Public Safety committee  Twitter actually has much less algorithmic content than our competitors. The main indicator that we use with regard to our algorithm is who the user chooses to follow. I would also remind you that you can turn off the algorithm on your home timeline on Twitter. You can choose to

Public Safety committee  I agree with Rachel that we're still in the early stages of analysis. There are a couple of things to say with regard to Bill C-18. Twitter, like the news industry, does not make a lot of money on news. In fact, we have nobody in Canada who is selling news content. If you see

Public Safety committee  Twitter is certainly living up to its moniker. Twitter seems to be what's happening right now. It's a very exciting place to work. Partners can continue to expect our best-in-class customer service, client solutions and our commitment to safety. Yesterday, Twitter was a publicly

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to be here, and thank you for your service. I'd also like to acknowledge the political staff who are in the room and thank them for their service and support. Twitter's purpose is to serve the public