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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: It would mean that the user base would be more reflective of the population, rather than how it is currently skewed, which Mr. Ó Broin mentioned. A total of 2.2 billion, or one third of the world's population, have created an account, which means a large number of users remain in Facebook's system, as I am sure Mr. Ó Broin will accept.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I read that Facebook recently filed a court motion in the US in which it referred to itself as a publisher. The motion stated, "neither Facebook nor any other publisher can be liable to publish someone else's message." Has Facebook changed its stance on whether it is a publisher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: In the past two weeks, Facebook filed a case in the US where it referred to itself as a publisher. Given that Facebook has used the term "publisher" as a defence in a court motion, surely we can engage with it on the fact that it may be a publisher of content in other contexts. Does Mr. Ó Broin accept that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: The motion, which was filed in court, stated, "neither Facebook nor any other publisher can be liable to publish someone else's message."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is Facebook reconsidering its public position as to whether it is a publisher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Facebook is stating, in motions it has filed in court, that it is a publisher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: The recent ruling in the European Court of Justice in the Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek case arguably provides a greater burden on companies. Do our guests agree with that ruling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Freedom of expression is very important. Do our guests accept that, in all the documents from each of the companies before us today, there is a combined fudge? The documents refer back to the e-commerce directive, which it seems as if it is placed above everything else. The companies seem to allow an element of harmful content by using the e-commerce directive as a net defence, even though...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: What about the user verification issue for the other companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Verification is different from anonymity. A user is verified prior to their name being public. Would Ms White accept that the verification process is slightly different from anonymity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Yes. People can be verified and still avail of a platform, but be publicly anonymous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am implying that if somebody is subject to significant racist abuse and the Twitter platform allows that to happen and it has a huge impact on the person, whether they are anonymous or public Twitter cannot go back and provide another condition on freedom of expression where it says that not only is their freedom of expression important, but so is anonymity and even no verification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Then Twitter says it is not responsible for it and has nothing to do with it as it is not a publisher but simply a platform that adheres to certain community standards. However, many people are affected in that car crash when they are subject to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Twitter would not support verification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I mean a greater threshold of verification than Twitter has at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: Twitter collects a great deal of data to sell to advertisers.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. I will start with the Department of Defence. Unfortunately, the Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Kehoe, has left us, but he brought spin about his supposed €32 million. It is important to contextualise that, based on last year's budget but also on what the allocation is this year. According to the response...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (10 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for homecare package applications in west County Dublin; the number of open homecare package applications being considered in the area; the number of individual homecare packages being provided in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (10 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he is incorporating demographic changes into budgetary planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (10 Oct 2019)

Jack Chambers: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 October 2019, the reason the terms of paragraph 31(1) of Defence Forces Regulation R5 have not been utilised to promote RDF officers commissioned after 1 October 2005 to the rank of captain or the Naval Service equivalent or above; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/19]