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:

The question assumes we operate in a situation in which self-regulation is the only form of regulation. We operate under a mixture of legal regulation, legal obligations and self-regulation. In most cases, what the Deputy refers to as self-regulation is, I assume, the process by which we implement and enforce our own guidelines. That form of self-regulation is really about our having the freedom to develop policies on what we do and do not want on our platforms. I expect that that form of self-regulation will always be there because platforms will always-----

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