Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have been handed a Tweet by, Aoife Moore, my colleague. It makes reference to watching social media companies talk about their content management and how they are so quick at removing posts while the person is constantly told that an anonymous troll account, which routinely calls the person a terrorist, has not broken any rules. That same experience has been encountered by journalists and female politicians in particular. I have had queries come back to me stating that the company will not remove the content or take action because it does not correspond with the values of the company. All the while the misrepresenting of democracy in Ireland is continuing on the platform and the coarsening of public discourse is being facilitated.