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- 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?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: That would be very helpful for the committee. I will come back to my Irish colleagues, but I will start with the representatives from Singapore. I call Dr. Puthucheary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I now call the US representative, Congressman David Cicilline.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I call Deputy James Lawless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Deputy Eamon Ryan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I do not know if there were any particular questions there. I might let witnesses in at the end. I am also chairman of the Joint Committee on Climate Action and I would like to raise the issue of Twitter banning political advertising.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes, I will let them back in again. I am just conscious of the time and that Twitter-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will let them back in again. I just want to put a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Absolutely. The Senator has had his time. I will let the witnesses in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Senator will get a response. I am conscious of time and I want to get a question in to Twitter which has not had an opportunity to answer. It would appear that, under Twitter's new advertising rules, environmental groups will not be able to pay for advertisements promoting green policies or pro-climate policy content after 22 November but, on the other hand, there appear to be over...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I would welcome interaction on this because the concern is that there are environmental groups working positively to help people and governments take positive action to tackle climate change whereas oil companies which are allowed pay for advertisements talk about climate change too and there is a contradiction there and a real concern about how Twitter will enforce this ban and who will and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senator. We have only six minutes left. Will the next speakers just stick to asking a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Just a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Session 2: Industry Perspective (7 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank everyone. We are going to have to suspend our meeting for 15 minutes. I thank all our witnesses for coming before us this afternoon.