Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)
Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I apologise for having to leave the meeting for a time. I join colleagues in thanking the delegates for their engaging and informative presentations. Dr. Aiken has noted that if even 0.1% of Irish customers of a particular social media company were to make a complaint to the Garda, it would amount to some 2,500 complaints and gardaí would not have the resources to deal with them. However, every jurisdiction in the world is in the same boat. Dr. Aiken referred to the United Kingdom, but, as I understand it, that country has not yet implemented the type of complaints process we are discussing. Bearing in mind that we have a population of some 4 million, what other jurisdiction has the infrastructure in place to implement such a model?
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