Dee Ryan (Fianna Fail)
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This is just an observation. It strikes me as particularly difficult for An Coimisiún Toghcháin to act as a safeguard for us in this area when we do not recognise the social media platforms as broadcasters and we do not recognise that they have editorial control over content, which I would argue they are and they do. I found Mr. Godfrey's comments that An Coimisiún na Meán is keeping a watching brief on this very interesting. As we move into this area where AI is more prevalent and the recommender systems are making those decisions as to what our citizens should see, it is even more important that we hold the broadcasters responsible for content, such as RTÉ, or legacy media as it is referred to and trusted media as we find it, accountable for what they publish and amplify. In my view, we are perhaps already there as to whether we should be regarding platforms in the same way.