Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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When we had stakeholders and some of the major social media companies in, the general consensus was that action is rarely taken on harmful content and some of the issues Mr. Shanley mentioned. In the absence, thus far, of an independent regulator or complaints mechanism in the Bill, how will that work, in practice?