In response to the three points in your letter:

1. Prof. Deibert’s January 4, 2023 letter included PortaOne’s mailing and email address, but, as we noted in our email, did not indicate a manner in which it was sent. In contrast, your letter included this information: “VIA EMAIL ([email protected])”. PortaOne had not received and seen the letter until it was provided with a copy of same by CBC. Subsequently, it was discovered that Prof. Deibert’s email was caught in PortaOne’s spam filter.

2. PortaOne only found out about the assertion regarding its website on January 11, 2023, from a reporter’s question, and addressed it in the PortaOne Statement, the receipt of which you have confirmed. This assertion was not mentioned in Prof. Deibert’s letter.

3. The email attached to your letter has already been addressed in the PortaOne Statement.