Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht

General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Celene Craig:

I was referring to all staff, including for the online safety role. It is important to say from a BAI perspective that one of the things we have argued for is the macro high-level approach that is appropriate for the role of the media commission. Where a lot of the work is done by the platforms, the role of the commission would be in oversight of the way they implement the requirements of the online safety code and their accountability for the decisions they take and the way they take them. It is about a high level of oversight of the policies, procedures and practices of online platforms and then being able to provide transparency through appropriate auditing procedures and appropriate reporting accountabilities.

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