Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Arson Attacks: Discussion

Ms Niamh McDonald:

Yes. We presented to Coimisiún na Meán, which has initially proposed this within its recommendations. When the Digital Services Act was being created in the EU, it did not put this in as a policy. Coimisiún na Meán has brought this forward. It is part of its first recommendations. We fully support it. It would be a very progressive move internationally for this to happen. We are the hub of the Digital Services Act for Europe at the moment. We also have the headquarters of all the social media companies here, so it could have a significant impact in reducing the hate and violence that people are seeing, as well as the other harms that are caused.

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