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:
Correct me if I am wrong here but I think one of the biggest porn providers in Europe is based in Cyprus and is subject to this European action. The way we co-ordinate that is through the European digital services board. The Cyprus digital services co-ordinator is on that group as well. That board is supposed to inform the priorities of the Commission and also the digital service co-ordinators in each of the member states. We are often on the receiving end of those concerns. For example, if someone is making a complaint of the kind I am encouraging people to do in Germany or Spain, but it concerns a platform that is based in Ireland, it comes to us. We get over 90% of the complaints traffic in Europe around this issue. We can see that it is, as I said, a system of regulation. It is the DSCs and the European Commission all working together to try to make online a safer place.
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