Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Having never been brief in my life, I will begin. On some level, Coimisiún na Meán has an impossible task. We obviously wish its representatives luck. As I said before, it is taking on Goliath but is an absolute necessity based on the issues we have. There are a number of things. When we get into the idea of trusted flaggers and all the rest of it, we have all seen the hate and stuff that is right on the verge of being nearly violent actions, which we want to see dealt with. I have no difficulty with most reasonable views being expressed reasonably but dealing with the issue and the slaughter that is going on in Gaza at this time, you would always have a fear, particularly when talking about American-owned companies, that certain views may be more accepted than others. We do not want a difficulty where we have an element of one-sided censorship, for want of a better term. We need to make sure all reasonable political views can be expressed reasonably and we do not have a case that certain flaggers are trusted beyond others. We have seen the example of the pro-Zionist lobby that is incredibly powerful and has serious reach, particularly online. I would hate to see that this would have an impact. I imagine part of that work would fall under the general remit of Coimisiún na Meán, among all the other impossibilities it has to deal with at this point.