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)

Photo of Malcolm ByrneMalcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Sorry to interrupt. I appreciate the principles are the same but it is different when regulating established broadcasters. What social media has done is that it has democratised this, and anyone can post anything. If a broadcaster like RTÉ broadcasts something that is way out of line, we can take action. It is a lot more difficult online. This comes back to the issue of publisher or platform, although I know that is an entirely different debate.

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