Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is very disappointing given that, when we did have engagement, this was something that came up repeatedly. When an industry regulates itself, then it decides and has an interest, which obviously means the regulation can be as weak as bedamned. It is not really regulation because it has an interest. Industry's policing or monitoring of it will be watery, to say the least. When we are at this stage, self-regulation should not be included in the Bill for obvious reasons.
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