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. Ryan Meade:

No. In order to prevent unwanted chilling of speech that relates to public figures, a more nuanced decision may be required. For example if the subject is the head of a government or something like that, we do not want to be in the position of suppressing legitimate political comment.

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