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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: If we have time at the end, I will come back to witnesses as I know there is more than one speaker from some countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in our guests from Singapore next. We have Mr. Amrin Amin and Dr. Janil Puthucheary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will move to the United Kingdom and Lord David Puttnam.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will move to Congressman David N. Cicilline from the United States of America.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We have some more time if others wish to comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We need to be careful about naming people at this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will shortly suspend the sitting as we are approaching the end of the session. Perhaps Senator Higgins might be brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 1: The Evidence (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I apologise for interrupting, but I have to cut Senator Higgins off. We are on a really tight schedule. I thank the witnesses for being here. We will suspend for 15 minutes to allow our parliamentarians to take a break before we commence the next session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I welcome Dr. Monika Bickert, vice president of content policy at Facebook; Mr. Jim Balsillie, chair of the Centre for International Governance Innovation; Mr. Marco Pancini, director of public policy at YouTube EMEA Google; Ms Karen White, director of public policy at Twitter; and Mr. Ronan Costello, public policy manager at Twitter. I advise witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will start with Australia and I ask the witnesses to try to keep their answers as short as possible to give the parliamentarians time to question them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will now move to Estonia and I invite Ms Keit Pentus-Rosimannus to ask her questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will move to Finland next and call Mr. Tom Packalén.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I now call Ms Nino Goguadze from Georgia.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will start with my own questions briefly. In its written statement, Facebook proposes to create an oversight body. Who will be on that oversight body? How independent will it be? Will those members be paid employees of Facebook? Will the body be funded by Facebook? It also appears that this body will be an appeals mechanism for people who want content removed by Facebook. We are here...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The board, therefore, will be essentially funded by Facebook and Facebook will essentially be choosing who is on this oversight body. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: There would be questions and concerns regarding the independence of the board. I highlight that from looking at this proposal initially. The perception is that this board would not be independent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Facebook, however, is creating the trust.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: That is a concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: My colleague from Estonia asked about political advertising. Twitter has announced that it is not going to allow any political advertising anymore. Mr. Zuckerberg has stated, however, that Facebook has no intention of implementing such a ban. Following on from that, how much revenue did Facebook earn in political advertising during the last presidential election in the United States and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Would Dr. Bickert be able to provide those figures to us on the revenue?