My hon. Friend is exactly right. It must be able to understand how to target users with information based on what it thinks they are interested in and where that information is coming from. It could conduct its own preliminary research to look for the characteristics of fake accounts and disinformation accounts linked to Russian agencies that are based on its platform. At the moment, it is refusing to do that.
Russian Interference in UK Politics
Proceeding contribution from
Damian Collins
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 December 2017.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Russian Interference in UK Politics.
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