Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 April 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality

Safety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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We talked about the toxicity. Katelyn spoke about the misinformation and disinformation that people get online. It is about how people have gained the critical analysis to know that this a nonsense even though they have seen this six times, in some cases, from six different idiots. Advertising works. I am interested in how people have developed their own critical analysis and ability to say that this is a nonsense or something that they need check out because they cannot just believe it first time.