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 Claire Rush:
To echo what everybody is saying, existing regimes are in place. While they may not be that visible or well-known to everybody who walks down the street who may not know that we have reporting, notice and takedown and that we remove content when we have notice of it, it is something that we have been doing for a long time. We have always taken that seriously and are always responsive to these reports. That system of notice and takedown and liability upon notice has allowed Internet companies to develop and flourish. That is not to say that there is not room for new conversations about broader responsibilities for other types of harmful content, but we need to be careful about adjustments or alterations to the fundamental nature of the intermediary liability regime, as has been operating across Europe since the e-commerce directive in 2001.
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