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 will ask Mr. Moroney to come in on this in a second but, in short, it is very co-ordinated. Last year, because the Digital Services Act was new, the European Commission published guidance to platforms making recommendations to them about mitigating the risks to electoral integrity that online platforms present. It set out how digital services co-ordinators should interact with the European Commission on one level and with the electoral areas locally. Part of that involves preparation for each election. We have experience of doing three of those last year and we have one more now with the presidential one coming up. I will let Mr. Moroney explain what we are planning for that.

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