Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Committee on European Union Affairs

Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán

2:00 am

Dr. John Evans:

I appreciate that. There are many different kinds of content in respect of which different kinds of issues can be raised, from content breaching intellectual property, IP, rights all the way through to content that is designed to undermine the political process or content that is harmful to children. If a platform has as part of its terms and conditions that it will not permit certain content to be shown to minors, it needs to put in place an age assurance function. Over the past few days, I have noticed that some of the Charlie Kirk material was placed behind what we call an interstitial on some platforms. This means individuals will be prompted with a warning that what is behind the prompt may be upsetting. Sometimes, users will be prompted for age verification.

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