Thread by @profcarroll

Watching International Grand Committee hearing in Ottawa, platform session. Zuckerberg and Sandberg ignored subpoena and may now be voted on for parliamentary contempt. Chairs learned they were rebuffed via @donie’s reporting, not FB. #ETHI #IGC parlvu.parl.gc.ca/xrender/en/Pow…

The expert panels were so much more interesting. Stunning contrast. Platform spokespeople are paid to make this stuff sound as boring as possible.

FB’s Chan and Potts claim not to have reviewed public record on @CommonsCMS investigation into Cambridge Analytica, especially remarks made by FB to DCMS in public. Still not answering Q about when Zuck knew what when about Cambridge Analytica. #ETHI #IGC

That’s the question that Zuck is afraid to answer! When did they know?

There were at least two distinct Cambridge Analytica data harvesting operations. 1 API (Kogan/Chancellor) 1 data scraping (?)

Just ask @AGKarlRacine (from his lawsuit pending decision to unseal these emails)

Vice chair Erskine-Smith:
“Will you publish your Algorithmic Impact Assessments (internal documents) that you just claimed you’ve done internally?”
FB: ~No. <talking point>
Google: ~No. <talking point>
Twitter: ~No. <talking point>

🇨🇦MP: Do you accept the term #SurveillanceCapitalism? #ETHI #IGC
Google: “exaggeration”
FB: “fringe”

Closing tidbits:

@DamianCollins asks where is “Clear History” function? It’s been more than a year? Don’t even have a release date.

@bobzimmermp Facebook sent you to take one for the team but you’re not even in top 100 of leadership in the org chart. Shame on Zuckerberg.