Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Seamus Hempenstall:

There is text to be concluded as part of the actions and then we will have to share the body of the strategy itself with the working group and go through that with the group. We have a lot of work done because, as part of the process, we published the scoping reports and expert reports, so much of the material is already there. It is a question of assembling it in the right order, ensuring everything flows and then finalising the text of the actions, including, as Ms Chapman said, the owners.

One of the main reasons we said the strategy will not call for new legislation is precisely as Ms Chapman outlined, namely, the Digital Services Act is a landmark.

There are significant resources being devoted to it in the form of Coimisiún na Meán and its digital services co-ordinator. It has only been applied to all platforms since February 2024. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 is a pretty big deal as well. There is the AI Act-----

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