Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Karen White:

Yes. Many of the self-regulatory models we have in place are bearing fruit.

I will speak about one very briefly, as I am conscious of the Deputy's time. The EU code of conduct on illegal hate speech has been in existence for a number of years. Initially, the main signatories were the companies represented here, but the flexibility it has allowed has meant that many additional companies have signed up to the code of conduct over the years. The European Commission and Commissioner Jourová have spoken about the effectiveness of the code. More than 70% of illegal hate speech is being removed by the signatories and more than 80% is being removed within 24 hours. It is just one example of an effective self-regulatory-----

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