Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion
Mx. Daire Dempsey:
The point made about the online aspect and the social media factor was salient. We have seen the rise of online misogyny and transphobia. Targeted attacks are happening on various social media platforms. The eventual legislation and the prevention work need to be relevant, particularly for young people who are seeing this kind of discourse online. We need to reach them where it is happening. As with cultural specificity, if we are not reaching people in a way that is relevant and speaks to their experiences and the discourse they are seeing online, it will not have an impact on them. The question of how we reach young people in particular is important.
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