Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can these companies even be held to account? As he said earlier, if pictures go up, these companies are able to take stuff down within minutes. We have all heard of tragic cases where people have been bullied online and the companies come out with the excuse that they cannot regulate it. Can it be done through the office of the Press Ombudsman or some other agency or does legislation need to be changed so that these multinationals, which can do things in minutes if they want to, are no longer able to allow youngsters - and adults - to be bullied online? Is there any way the office of the Press Ombudsman can get involved or does legislation need to be changed?