Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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There is already precedent that where something is a criminal offence there is a legal requirement on the company to remove it. The fact that a lot of what we are talking about is not a criminal offence is where the problem lies but there is already an EU regulation from 2011 which clearly sets out a legal requirement for any of the platforms to remove what is illegal content.