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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It has not been set up. Mr. Ó Broin said, "That is why we are establishing an external oversight board ...", so it will be set up next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Who will be on it? All the witnesses will be asked the same question so I thank Mr. Ó Broin for telling us this. Excuse my manner, but we have spoken to people last week and will be speaking to more next week and ultimately we must tease it out. I am acutely aware of the importance of the right to freedom of expression and the dangers that are inherent in a system that seeks to stop...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: We will come back to that. I will stay with the overnight board for the moment to get my head around it. Who will be on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: There is no need. It is me who is apologising for pushing on this. Who will be on the oversight board and what is its function?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Has it been set up previously for any of the platforms?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This is a first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is going to be set up next year and will be completely independent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What is the purpose of the board and what will it be examining?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Who will decide what the most contentious cases are?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is this after the damage is done? At what point will the board look at these very contentious cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I understand. It will have a limited role. If the information has been posted and it has caused harm, presumably it has been taken down and then the oversight board did something.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is there an ethics board in Facebook?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What about Twitter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What is it called again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is not independent, is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is monitored by Twitter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: However, they do not have a role in the ongoing monitoring of harmful-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Google have an ethics board or an oversight board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Amnesty has made some findings about Twitter's non-publishing of data. I ask for clarification. Having the maximum data available and transparency is in all our interests to help us to formulate policy and legislation. We asked the same questions last week over data collection by the Garda. What data about harmful content has Twitter published? Where can we find it? What can we learn...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Perhaps we will judge that and Ms White can tell us. Is Amnesty wrong in claiming that Twitter has not published the data? Has it changed? Has Twitter published or not?