Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will ask one further question if I may. In terms of harmful content, particularly where it is being put out on social media by somebody who is not showing his or her identity, will the telecommunication service companies, TSCs, be able to provide the Internet service providers, ISPs, a list of the people who are behind that? The content could be taken down but there may be defamation. It may result in somebody adopting another counterfeit identity and going back in and reposting other things. Really, we need to get at the person or body who is behind that. Will that information be made available through this legislation for people who want to potentially pursue a civil action, for instance?

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