Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 4: International Collaboration

Mr. Frane Maroevic:

I will be brief because many of the points of been covered. I agree very much with what was said. I do not believe we have come across perfect legislation that we could just forward or copy. Most legislation that deals with content and its regulation has potentially serious implications for freedom of expression and freedom of speech.. That is why we are all talking about trying to find processes to deal with these issues, examining issues of impact, virality, reach and proportionality. Regulating speech in the analogue world was also about the impact and the possibility speech having an effect. That is important. It is not just about the speech but also about the context. That is why the call is to try to find models and mechanisms that would be agreeable to a larger group of nations in terms of systems. One will never find an agreement on specific regulation of content between each country. We need a certain level of flexibility.

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