James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One of the weaknesses where the platforms get around existing obligations and we need to legislate for new obligations is the platform-publisher chestnut. They say they are just a dumb terminal displaying binary code which is throwing up content and that in that way they are just a carrier. To my mind, the companies are curating content and selling advertisements based on personalised content. They are moderating content and making decisions about what can be taken down or left up. They have many of the attributes of a publisher. What do the delegates think?