Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
European Media Freedom Act: Discussion
Mr. Adam Larragy:
I thank the Deputy. As she said, a number of rights and duties for media service providers are set out. In Article 4(2), there are three in particular, which aim to prevent member states from interfering with or trying to influence editorial policies or decisions by media service providers. There are two other rights that relate to the exercise of criminal justice powers. The first is around protections for journalistic sources to prevent the revelation of journalistic sources or compelling the revelation of journalistic sources. The final piece is around placing limitation on the deployment of surveillance technologies, in particular spyware, which is also aimed at protecting journalists. The final provision provides for the designation of a national authority to which complaints can be made, for example, if spyware was deployed and any of the rights referenced in the article were violated.
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