Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 June 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
I am in a rush because I am getting my vaccination this afternoon and that is why I need to leave. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have a general question on targeting advertising at children. There has been a suggestion of having Instagram for kids. Should we consider having a code that would ban advertising targeted specifically at children? Ms Twomey or Ms Walsh may wish to reply to that. I agree with Mr. McGeoghegan's points about the definition of online harm.
Ms Walsh spoke about algorithmic decision-making and the impact algorithms are having on children. We are looking for a code to make that transparent. I would be grateful to hear her views on that.
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