Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
On a separate matter, it seems that the more psychopathic the leader of a country is, the more of an online presence he or she has. This is possibly more pertinent this week than other weeks and in that context, I wish to ask about Facebook's relationship with Russia. What is happening at the moment in Ukraine is incredibly worrying and could be destabilising for the whole world, not just for Europe. What is the nature of Facebook's relationship with Russia? Has any effort been made to clamp down on nationalistic and jingoistic online commentary that can be very damaging and that we have seen in countries like Myanmar, Ethiopia and all across the world? Does Ms Haugen have any specific information in that regard in the context of the current geopolitical crisis?
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