Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Mairéad Foody:
I agree with the previous statements in respect of young people. We are definitely always on the side of the victim and concerned that supports exist for people who have been victimised. For an LGBT young person in Turkey, for example, who has no physical supports in their community, the online environment is the only place that they can feel comfortable. We do have to be careful that when we think about regulation that we do not prohibit free speech but we also do not take away supports for young people that exist today. The supports never existed in the past so it is positive that they exist today.
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