Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-31
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I still think it is a little unclear. The Minister addressed the issue of the concern about exclusion but did not address my concern in respect of inadvertent inclusion. The framing seems to be quite wide. We are relying on the word "by" versus "in". Is it sufficient that we say it is "by" the content the force is applied and not "in" the content? Is this sufficiently distinct or clear? The Minister has addressed my concern to an extent. She has made clear what she expects to be included. I am still worried that we are really relying on the word "by" instead of "in". Does this make it clear it is not the content per se but the manner of the presentation of the content? I am happy to leave the issue and come back to it but I am concerned there might be a potentially wide interpretation. Perhaps this is something we could look at. Are there potential inadvertently wide interpretations of this phrase? Is the Minister confident there is not a risk of this?

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Sitting date: 2022-05-31