Ms Frances Haugen:

Ireland holds a unique responsibility because it is the place of establishment for these companies. Even though Europe has led the way in terms of robust, strong regulations around issues such as privacy, unfortunately, Ireland has faced a challenge in that it is falling behind in terms of enforcing that law. The Irish people have an opportunity here to really show that they can stand up to these giants but we need to change the pattern because thus far, GDPR has not demonstrated that Ireland is willing to fund and hold to account Irish tech companies when it comes to tech regulations.