Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Committee on European Union Affairs
Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán
2:00 am
Eileen Lynch (Fine Gael)
Are the witnesses confident that the resources are there to deal with these issues? I appreciate the DSA election guidelines are in place. There is also a situation, as the witnesses have outlined, whereby a platform can decide not to adhere to the guidelines because it has its own suite of measures to which it adheres for whatever reason. Who is the decision-maker in that case? What is the role of Coimisiún na Meán when it comes to fact-checking, researching and dealing with the electoral commission? It is something we are seeing more and more. Dr. Evans mentioned the Romanian presidential election last year. I am aware of that situation and the allegations of interference. Are the resources there? What is an coimisiún doing actively in respect of preventative, rather than reactive, measures? What are we doing in that context to promote media literacy among users?
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