Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion

2:00 pm

Ms Niamh Sweeney:

Let me give a practical example. If Deputy James Lawless, a candidate is running an advertisement, there are probably other people who have access to his account, who might have access to the credit card details, so it does not necessarily follow that the person whose credit card details are set against it represents the entity who is running the advertisements. If it were the Fianna Fáil Party, again I am sure there would be individuals and one could not just expose their information in that way. I see the point that the Deputy is driving at, but there are complicating factors.

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