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:

We definitely respect the consultation process. A number of the self-regulatory measures already in existence, including the EU code of conduct on illegal hate speech of which Twitter was a founding member, the code of conduct on disinformation and others, are certainly bearing fruit. There are a lot of models in existence, particularly in Europe, that can be leveraged. When moving to a place of reviewing any existing legislation or introducing new legislative measures we must ensure we are not fragmenting the legislative frameworks in place in Europe.

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