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)
Malcolm 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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