Research and analysis

Intimidation in Public Life: Evidence from Facebook, Google, and Twitter

The Committee has received evidence from Facebook, Google, and Twitter as part of its review on the subject of the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates.

Documents

Audio recordings of each meeting

Note of meeting with Facebook

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Note of meeting with Google

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Note of meeting with Jigsaw / Google

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Note of meeting with Twitter

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Follow-up written evidence from Google

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Details

As part of our review on the subject of the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates, the Committee is publishing the notes from its meetings with social media companies. Meetings were held with:

  • Facebook (20 September 2017)
  • Google (25 October)
  • Jigsaw / Google (2 November 2017)
  • Twitter (25 October 2017)

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Updates to this page

Published 10 November 2017
Last updated 16 November 2017 + show all updates
  1. Updated to include follow-up written evidence received from Google.

  2. Included link to published audio recordings.

  3. First published.

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