Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Cambridge Analytica business is, quite frankly, beyond me in its technical complexity. It seems to concern bots which seems to be where robots imitate human beings. Perhaps when it comes to social media we need to avoid the phenomenon of human beings acting like robots, in other words robotically getting into a language, and I am not just talking about the particular incident I have mentioned. There is too much abuse, negativity and nastiness in social media and that is why some of us are pulling away from using social media, to a certain extent. Let us, as politicians, given the privileged position that we enjoy, give a lead in the responsible use of social media and point the finger at ourselves as much as we might be tempted to point it at others.