Ms Niamh Sweeney:

The page might stay up, but the particular violating content would be taken down. Once the threshold is hit, the whole page comes down.

The Deputy asked a question about some of the measures we were introducing. Some of them are new, while some are being continued and stepped up. We said this in a couple of cases. The twice-weekly checks were already in place, although perhaps not at the same frequency or with the same level of oversight in the CPL centre by Facebook staff seconded to it. Members asked how often there were spot tests. They will be stepped up considerably. We will also look at the audits for the past six months to see if we missed things. The frequency of spot testing will increase greatly. The overall level of oversight will change.

I am not aware of a specific meeting with the Israeli Government. We regularly meet governments all over the world, including the Irish Government, as well as departmental officials, elected representatives and speakers from the Opposition. That would not be unusual. Legislation passed through the Knesset a couple of weeks ago that certainly was not favourable to us. Nobody on either side is happy, if that is in any way reassuring for the Deputy. It is not that we favour one side over the other; both sides have issues with our platform.