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. Barry Walsh:

From my experience, that is exactly the situation. All service providers will comply with the legal requirement. That is how they operate. There is very little black and white in terms of how they engage. If they are lawfully required to do so, they will follow it all. That has been our experience over the years. I do not believe there has been any dissent in that regard. This tends be reactive in nature, which might not be what is required; disinformation may need a more proactive response. There is no one platform which stands out, in terms of a reactive investigation, as being uncooperative.

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