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- Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: My colleague used the word "normalise". If we are seriously interested in bringing peace to the world, the best way to ensure we do not have war would be for the Council to put on its agenda the 17 sustainable developments goals, including, zero hunger, no poverty, quality education, affordable and clean energy, water, and others. I do not have the time to read them. If that was on any...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are very welcome. I thank them for their presentations, which I have read. My mind is going in several directions regarding the questions I should ask. It is a very helpful process for us because there is no simple solution. I acknowledge the points made by the witnesses, especially those from the ICCL, regarding the balancing of rights and the importance of the Garda, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I have a limited amount of time to ask questions. What has been done by the NABRRC or the ICCL regarding looking at-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It needs to be assessed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We received that information from the companies which presented to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Those data are not currently available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That seems eminently reasonable, but how would it happen? What is the next step in getting the companies to share the data?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Should that be done on a voluntary basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The bigger companies stated that they are at pains to help, provide the information and prove they are open and accountable. Has the NABRRC gone down that avenue with them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Has the NABRRC asked the companies for the data in a spirit of openness and accountability?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There is just the goodwill of the companies, in theory.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Spunout.ie works closely with various platforms. Is it part of the Twitter trust and safety council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Was it party to the letter regarding the concern of trust and safety council members at the recent lack of openness and accountability with the council? Isspunout.ieinvolved in that letter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I see reference to Twitter's trust and safety council members in that letter but I do not see names. I am going to stay with the issues that are raised in the letter. Would Mr. Power agree with those issues and that the interaction with Twitter, certainly since December, has not been of the same quality as it was previously?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Can I stop Mr. Power there for a moment? I sit on another committee which is all about procedures, accountability and processes that are in place. The trust and safety council is, to a certain extent, a process and a good one I presume. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The key words are "trust" and "safety". I do not want to personalise this. That is a process and it is in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The trust and safety council was mentioned when Twitter was before the committee. Of course, it is only as good as its operation on the ground. We have a letter from members stating that, in the past nine months, Twitter's engagement really has not been as good. In fact, the members of the council seem to be begging for a phone call with the chief executive officer. Perhaps "begging" is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is fine. I will leave the details for a moment and ask if the trust safety council is working effectively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay. I am not taking issue with SpunOut.iein any way. I have read the submission and I am just trying to get behind the processes and how effective they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Those initiatives are very often used by such companies to say, "We are engaging and we are doing our best".