Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Online Safety, Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Discussion
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank Mr. Ó Broin. A number of months ago, we read in our trusted and reliable newspapers about the sad fatality of a young person. It was clearly identified that TikTok trends were involved. I use the term "trends" because I do not want to call them "dares", but I do not know the correct terminology. Our guests know to what I am referring. What is the correct term? Is it "trends"? Okay. Such a trend led to and caused the death of a young person in this country. I raised the issue at the time with representatives of TikTok. What is being done to ensure that trend is discontinued and young people are not so exposed?
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