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:

Legal recourse is available to users. There is no question about that. Similarly, we often get requests to provide information if a legal investigation is launched by law enforcement agencies. We will co-operate with those law enforcement agencies based on the appropriate judicial process. Some cases involve online as well as offline behaviour reach successful conclusions in the courts. Our view is that what is unacceptable offline should be unacceptable online as well and the law should reflect that. One of the reasons we are here today is because the committee is considering if the current laws which apply to offline behaviour are sufficient against similar behaviour online. That is a worthy endeavour.

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