Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 270:

In page 120, line 36, to delete “and” and substitute the following: “(f) identify the geographical area within which the action required by the Commission under section 139ZZD(1) must be taken, and”.

The purpose of amendment No. 270 is to require coimisiún na meán to state the geographical area in which the action required of an online service addressed by a content limitation notice is to be taken. This amendment will simply provide legal clarity in that regard. The geographical limits of any particular content limitation notice will depend on the kind of harmful online content being addressed and any associated national, EU or international law. For example, a content limitation notice ordering the removal of an item of content on the grounds that it constitutes a public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, which is an EU law, would have an EU-wide geographical reach. Under EU and international law and jurisprudence, this would already be required of coimisiún na meán when issuing a content limitation notice requiring, for example, an online service to remove or disable access to a particular item of harmful online content. Amendment No. 271 is a consequential renumbering.