Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Truth and Democracy: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

Is there anything stopping broadcasters that have licences to operate as public broadcasters now? Why do they have to wait for the law? There is a clear risk here that a public broadcaster might run a perfectly fair programme as a public broadcast but then slice and dice that for social media. It then goes through the algorithms, some of them AI-driven. That reproduction may possibly get more viewers or listeners and yet everything is perfectly in line with public broadcasting regulations. However, if it was on the TV or the radio, it might be a serious breach. What is the commission seeing out there? Is it observing this? Does it have a view?

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