Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 2: Industry Perspective

Dr. Monika Bickert:

Especially in the area of political advertising, definitions would be very helpful, such as defining what a political advertisement is, when it is appropriate to run the advertisements, who are the appropriate parties to run them, and what are the appropriate verifications. I will say the verification process has proved to be not simple. We mail people if they want to run a political advertisement. Part of the authorisation process involves us mailing something to them to confirm their identity because we do see the upload of false documents. These are challenging areas, but we are very open to regulation.

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