Dr. John Evans:

If it is of some comfort, during the most recent election, we put out a candidate pack which explained some of the scenarios in which election candidates can and should report content. The death threats go straight to An Garda Síochána first, but if it is other content the Senator thinks could be against the terms and conditions of a platform, it is worth reporting that to the platform.

For candidates, we identified fast channels to get to the right people inside the platforms during election periods. We also stood up, and will do so again for the presidential election, an internal team that is on high alert at this time. When we get calls or emails to our contact centre, for example, we triage them and attach what we call a "P0 priority" to anything that involves a threat to a minor or to life or, during election periods, anything that involves an election candidate. What that means is if that comes to us quickly and we can advise on how to help, we will do that as quickly as possible during election periods.