Ms Nino Goguadze:

I thank the guests for showing their openness to work together to address the challenges we face today. Facebook is the most broadly used social network in Georgia. It is the main source of information, especially among the younger generations. That is why I have question for Dr. Bickert on Facebook's operational system. In 2008, with Russia military intervention, Georgia experienced a severe cyberattack, which blocked critical digital infrastructure in the country. Our citizens were denied access to Facebook. In 2009, a similar cyberattack took place. We had no access to Facebook and Twitter and one can imagine the effect of that when Facebook is most important source of information for the country. That fact was brought to international attention and even The New York Timespointed out how vital web tools and services are becoming to political discourse and how vulnerable they are to disruption. My question is whether, in 2019, Facebook has a policy to protect its users from political bullying or whether the company has a policy or any deterrent measures against countries which undertake attacks on Facebook users.