Founded 2004. American online social-media and networking-service company based in Menlo Park, California. Richard Beecroft Allan, Facebook's director of public policy for Europe at the time of the Inquiry, gave evidence and was questioned about policy concerning inter alia pornography, bullying, violence and hate speech, as well as on Facebook's policies on removal of posted comments.
Web services provider wholly owned by Verizon Communications through Oath Inc., and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Simon Russell Citron gave evidence for Yahoo UK Ltd. Described how its search engine operated in the UK and the processes involved in taking down material where there were legitimate grounds for concern, with and without court orders.
