Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Session 4: International Collaboration
Mr. Milton Dick:
I am glad Mr. Huizenga said that. Australia has been leading the way in some respects in terms of our eSafety Commissioner and the laws our nation has passed. I will use Australia as an example; to our north, there are countries like Indonesia and further north, there are anti-democratic countries like China and Vietnam. Regarding a common regulatory system, the involvement of law enforcement was mentioned. What would suit our nation in the Indo-Pacific region - the freedom of speech argument - would not apply inside China and Vietnam. I would not want a system that is one-size-fits-all so I disagree slightly with the witness statement about a common ground versus what is already happening around the world. I would be interested what the panel thinks about that - either a two-series or a two-step process in terms of democratic reforms versus the opposite.
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