Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 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)
Mr. Dualta Ó Broin:
I apologise for missing that. I am trying to keep everything as succinct as possible. We made the announcement in March 2019 of our intention to move our messaging services towards an encrypted basis and since that time, we have been engaging with law enforcement and NGOs around the world, which have expressed concerns about how effective our enforcement tools will be in that environment. We have not just launched this product or made the switch. We are engaging with people, because we want to hear their concerns and understand how we can improve the prevention of harm. That is the conversation we are having at present and one which we welcome with law enforcement here in Ireland.
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