Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Stephanie Comey:
I might just add something with regard to foreign information, manipulation and interference. Through our work with the national counter disinformation strategy and the working group that was established, the Department of Foreign Affairs reached out and we have become involved in the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, Hybrid CoE, and its monitoring of European disinformation. It should be said that the main focus there is around Russia but we have a role in that space. Again, that European co-operation is really important. While we are not able to pinpoint a particular thing, Coimisiún na Meán is quite well connected and it is something we know about. We are working with partners to monitor and address when the case arises. I suppose the key thing I want to say is that it is not something we are not monitoring.
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