Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 2: Industry Perspective

Photo of Aidan DavittAidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to welcome our esteemed elected members and our esteemed associates from the social media. Like most politicians in Ireland, I have seen content put up on social media and all the rest that is not correct. I accept that there is legislation coming in Ireland. If people say things on Facebook or some other social media platform and it is incorrect, the law of the land must bring them to account. To expect Facebook, which we have dealt with a lot today, to police itself about something an elected representative says is not a good enough standard for us. It has been thrashed out here several times. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is considering legislation and I am well aware that this has been discussed in our own parliamentary party and it will I am sure make different amendments to it, like several politicians here. We have to be serious as politicians. There are different formats, guys pay for advertisements and say stuff but if they are saying stuff that is incorrect the court is the place they deserve to be grilled.

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