Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My last question is on the difference between online treatment of content and the regulated sector that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland covers. Where will that go in the medium term? During the Covid pandemic, we sometimes felt that science was battling with an online arena where anything goes. Is there a role for a body like the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, which is now moving to oversight of online content, albeit not in this arena but in safety and other areas? Will that balance move over the medium term? Will the pendulum swing back to where evidence-based policymaking gets more oxygen than perhaps it does in social media and online more generally?