Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
That is a theme which has come up repeatedly with regard to the use of language. We need to move away from using the term "revenge porn" rather than "abuse", which Ms Blackwell has mentioned. It is abuse to transmit the sexual image. One thing is language and another is where we go on legislation. Third is the larger issue of accountability and openness and how we do that. We need that information. We need information to analyse the problem and its extent. Currently, it appears to be gender based once again, which has to be said.
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