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)
Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source
Fact checking is important and has been hijacked by the left. What steps has the commission has taken to ensure that the people doing the fact checking are not biased and that there is no partisanship and ideological motivation in their role? How can we trust an organisation if certain individuals or companies that have played a role before are to be guardians of factual information when they are ideologically biased?
The other question relates to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services and the European Digital Media Observatory which were to develop a code of conduct. What role could the commission be expected to play?
They are my questions. There was a recent comment from - I suppose I am not allowed to say this either really - the Federal Communications Commission claiming that TikTok poses a serious threat to US national security. That is distinct from any other media company. Does Mr. Godfrey agree with that statement?
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