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. Tijana Milosevic:

I return to the point I made about parts of the platforms some social media companies provide, including help and safety centres and bullying prevention resources. They provide that education voluntarily. In our submission we propose that it should not just be up to the company's corporate social responsibility or self-regulatory practices but that there should be a requirement for them to assist with funding, with the Government, for education. We speak about young people, but I cannot speak for other parts of society. In addition to funding education measures, there should be psychological assistance for victims when bullying happens, for example. We would have to leave how it would be executed to the committee. Broadly, it should not just be done on a voluntary basis.

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