Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dualta Ó Broin:
I do not have to hand the number for the total number of reports globally but I do have to hand the amount of content we have removed and the percentages thereof that were removed as a result of us finding it before anyone reported it to us. It is in the scope of the AI to which Ms White referred. AI is good in instances where the violation is clear cut and the line is not blurry, but it is not as good in areas such as bullying and harassment. While our proactive rate on terrorism or child sexual abuse material is 99%, for bullying and harassment the rate of effective AI drops to 20% or 14% but we are committed to developing the technology. As Ms White noted, we try to ensure that people will not have to view the content and that it is removed from the platform before anyone does.
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