Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Susan Moss:
On the Senator's point, we do have an obligation. We have both legal obligations and our obligations on the platform. Both the Digital Services Act and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 obligate companies like TikTok to take measures to protect minors from content that might impair their moral, physical or developmental needs. Article 28 of the DSA places an obligation on all platforms to address the safety of minors so, in the first instance, we have legal obligations. In Ireland, both criminal and civil sanctions apply to companies like ours. Ms Setter will address some of the more specific items the Senator mentioned.