Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My first question is for Mr. Lupton. The introduction of the online safety codes is important but Mr. Lupton states that there are no guarantees, since they are voluntary codes, that the company will sign up or that it will stick to the terms. Is this a weakness in the Bill? Does the Bill need to be strengthened?

I have another little question. It is a bugbear of mine. One of the definitions of harmful content refers to material containing or comprising a defamatory statement. There are different cultures and sometimes what is accepted in one culture is not accepted in another. One such famous instance involved cartoons. I will not mention the subject of them. There are also comedians. Generally, comedians operate on the basis of someone being the butt of the joke. That is the way it works. It might not be funny to the person who is the butt of the joke but other people accept it. How would the witnesses deal with that?