Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 1: The Evidence

Mr. Ben Nimmo:

I do not have an answer but I will make a nuanced point here. So far, we have been talking about the Silicon Valley tech giants and the social media platforms. We are already in a world where those are not the only major platforms around. We are also seeing major platforms from China, for example. Whatever we build in we will have to do so with a sense that we will not just be regulating for companies based in democratic countries but also for large social media platforms located in non-democratic countries. How we address that in the regulation will be a big question.

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