Social Media
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-12
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

I thank the Minister. These platforms make a vast amount of money. A vast number of people engage in social media, the large majority of whom are responsible and do not spread hate. However, in recent years, certain agitators have used rhetoric and tones it is incredible they get away with. Social media platforms have a responsibility, for those who are viewing this stuff and for society as a whole, to close these people down. I do not watch most of that stuff but I have done so in recent times. The free rein that some of these individuals get is incredible. They agitate and spread hatred and division. If they are spreading that vile rhetoric, surely social media platforms have a responsibility to close them down.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-12