“Mr. Speaker, it is my turn to congratulate my colleague from Lethbridge on her speech. I was moved when she mentioned Amanda Todd and the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. I found those events very upsetting. I fully support her statement that platforms that host content, whatever it may be, must be held accountable for the content that is made available to everyone, but especially to young people and vulnerable youth. I agree that platforms must be held accountable. However, my colleague and I may not agree on how to do that. Does she think that platforms should be more transparent, for example when they are asked, for obvious reasons, to disclose their algorithms or the reports they have carried out on measures implemented to ensure user safety? I would like to know how far my colleague thinks platforms’ accountability should extend.”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 22 wordsI think the hon. member might be pleased to find out that we may actually agree a little more than he thinks.Reasoning · 118 wordsAt the end of the day, platforms need to be held accountable.That is not going to happen without us, as legislators, requiring something of them.That “something of them” has to include transparency.They must be transparent about the actions they are taking and the impact of those actions that are being taken.They must be transparent with regard to the things they are doing to mitigate risk and how effective those actions are.Furthermore, if platforms are found not to be in compliance with this legislation and the forthcoming regulations, then platforms need to be held accountable.Those measures do in fact need to be in place if we are going to generate change going forward.