Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-25
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I wish to speak to an issue that has been ruled out of order but I will endeavour to bring back the issue in another manner.
Amendment No. 144, which was proposed by my colleague and I, sought to ensure that not just harmful content but harmful conduct would be addressed. I have had some constructive engagement with the Minister's officials on this matter. There is potential for harmful content to be clarified so that it includes, for example, content delivery and that there are mechanisms around how the content is purveyed and that that may be encompassed by the definition of harmful content. Amendment No. 144 sought to add harmful "conduct" alongside harmful "content". I am now hopeful, having engaged with the Minister's officials, that we may be able to find a language within "harmful content", which clarifies and makes clear that things like, for example, recommender system algorithms and others can be addressed.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-25