Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Online Content Moderation: Discussion

Ms Cori Crider:

I am aware of several existing cases. I am not sure of the precise figure, but it may be about 30 cases. This is a systemic problem, and it should not be. Prevention is of course much better than waiting until people's entire lives have gone off the rails and they are unable to relate to their family members or seek other gainful employment because this job has essentially scarred them. We would like to see much better preventative psychiatric measures in place that would stop people getting ill. That is what must happen as opposed to relying on after-the-fact interventions and burdening the court system with sweeping up the pieces. Such a situation is not ideal for anyone. There are some existing cases, however.

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