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:

In fairness, if the Deputy says disinformation is exploding, that is precisely why it is important we allow Coimisiún na Meán, which has been implementing it in Ireland for a few months, that is, since February 2024, to get up and running on that. The impact of the DSA can already be seen. The European Commission announced investigations into how a range of platforms are operating. TikTok took down its TikTok Lite app before it started in France and Spain. While I do not wish to labour the point, it is only getting started. It would probably not be the right time to call for more legislation when the DSA is being implemented right now.

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