Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will start with my own questions briefly. In its written statement, Facebook proposes to create an oversight body. Who will be on that oversight body? How independent will it be? Will those members be paid employees of Facebook? Will the body be funded by Facebook? It also appears that this body will be an appeals mechanism for people who want content removed by Facebook. We are here to ensure that social media platforms are safe environments and this does not seem to be helpful in ensuring we are working in a safe environment. This oversight body is instead going to allow people who have their content removed to appeal to Facebook to have that content restored. That is the opposite of what we are discussing. I invite Dr. Bickert to talk to us about that oversight body and those questions first.