Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)
Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Carolan, Mr. Sunderland and Mr. Murphy for their statements and contributions.
Ms Carolan mentioned the critical point about how the Bill should tackle the issue of information operations and the threat of international interference in political campaigns, which was evident during the 2016 US elections. It is a complex issue, given the dynamic nature of digital technology, but what kinds of provision would Digital Action propose be part of the Bill to deal with information operations? That is an "easy" question.
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