Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 3: The State of Play in Regulation

Ms Carol Brown:

Mr. Cesarini mentioned in his presentation that one would be able to click on an ad in this proposed library and see where it is coming from. We heard evidence earlier that when an ad is fact-checked, there is no mechanism for getting back to people who have viewed something that may contain lies or disinformation. The fact check does not go back to the people who have already viewed that ad. Is there an avenue to request or put pressure on Facebook to take that very simple step? It is really extraordinary that it has not done so.

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