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)

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. I have one for Mr. McGeoghegan about photosensitive epilepsy. When I think about the idea of trolls deliberately trying to trigger seizures, I ask who these people are. Besides deliberate targeting of people, is online content that may unintentionally target and inadvertently trigger seizures in people a factor in regular social media or organised news outlets something that more needs to be done about? Do there need to be more warnings?

I thank Dr. Campbell for her contribution. She gave some staggering figures about the amount of content about junk food targeted at young people. Has she any data about what impact this has on consumer behaviour? Further to what Deputy O'Sullivan and Ms Twomey said about influencers, will the witnesses speak on influencers who are targeting children? Have we more information on that? Does there need to be separate treatment for influencers who are targeting minors specifically?

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