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Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: ...legislation with this philosophy is critical. It is my strong belief, and the Government should never apologise for saying this, that citizens and consumers should have the same rights, opportunities and protections online as they do offline. The legislation, even though it is technical legislation, supports these principles. I was glad that when we debated in quite a lot of detail the...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Marie Sherlock: ..., Middle East and Africa, EMEA, headquarters for some of the biggest ISPs across the European Union. The challenge that Coimisiún na Meán will have is nothing short of enormous. We saw the difficulties the Data Protection Commission encountered in this and indeed the reputational issues for this country when the Data Protection Commission was very much under-resourced to do the...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...and correctly predict that she was pregnant and target information and products at her in that way. That is the somewhat dystopian aspect of this context. This example did not involve targeting based on a protected characteristic, but it is a cautionary example. It is very welcome in particular, for example, to see targeting by sexual orientation is no longer going to be permitted. As...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Niall Collins: ...purpose of the Bill is to provide for the full implementation of the EU regulation on a single market for digital services. It is an indispensable component of a pioneering regulatory framework to protect EU users of digital services and their fundamental rights online. The framework will rebalance the responsibilities of users, online platforms and public authorities, placing citizens...