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 proposed digital services Bill would take a look at some of the intermediary liability systems in place at present. As other witnesses have said, that regime has been in place for approximately 20 years. Society and technology have moved on and it seems quite appropriate that legislators continue to look at it. We do not have an issue with legislators doing this. As I said in my opening statement, we should be cognisant of the benefits the intermediary liability regime has provided for the flourishing of online services.
I will ask Ms Niculescu the question that I asked the others, although she is in a slightly different position. Should there be increased regulation beyond what exists?
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