Standing Committee on Access
to Information, Privacy and
Ethics
Comité permanent de l'accès à
l'information, de la protection
des renseignements personnels
et de l'éthique
For immediate release
NEWS RELEASE
SECOND MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRAND COMMITTEE ON
DISINFORMATION AND ‘FAKE NEWS’ TO BE HELD IN CANADA
Ottawa, February 07, 2019 -
Bob Zimmer, MP and Chair of the Canadian Standing Committee on Access to Information,
Privacy and Ethics, together with Damian Collins, MP and Chair of the UK Digital, Culture,
Media and Sport Committee, announced today that the second meeting of the International
Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ will take place in Ottawa, Canada on May
28, 2019.
“I am looking forward to welcoming our international colleagues to Ottawa as we continue to
build upon what we accomplished in London. With several countries, including Canada, holding
elections this year it is vital that we continue collaborating to protect our democracies from the
global threats of foreign influence and disinformation on digital platforms,” said Mr. Zimmer.
“This meeting will also provide us with the opportunity to hear from these platforms about what
they are doing to protect our citizens from the threats of manipulation that we know are active
online.”
“The first Grand Committee meeting in London brought together the expertise of elected
representatives from all around the world. These are global issues and we need to learn from
the experiences of different countries in confronting these problems. We look forward to coming
together for a second time in Ottawa. The unprecedented nature of these hearings underlines
the central importance that the ethics of the use of technology plays both to our democracies
and our daily lives,” said Mr. Collins. "My select committee has also embarked on a new inquiry