Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Committee on European Union Affairs

Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán

2:00 am

Mr. Wayne Moroney:

Part and parcel of the DSA election guidelines is that we engage in a pre-election round table with the platforms and local authorities. We have an opportunity to bring forward concerns we have and to question them on their adherence to the DSA election guidelines. This is useful because they are supposed to staff and resource elections sufficiently. They are supposed to understand elections and have a response for a particular election. It is not a general response; it is for that one in particular. Their algorithmic work goes hand in hand with that. It is supposed to be transparent and to address those concerns. Following that election, they are supposed to assess their response and report on it both to the European Commission and also in a public way so there is transparency and accountability on the platforms' performance throughout that period. That can be reflective of advertising algorithms and content moderation. Some of it will be confidential and some will be public. We can engage on that as well.

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