Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-11
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 98:
In page 78, to delete lines 37 to 40, and in page 79, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:
“139D. (1) In this Part, ‘age-inappropriate online content’ includes online content that either—
(a) is likely to be unsuitable for children (either generally or below a particular age), having regard to their capabilities, their development, and their rights and interests, in particular content consisting of—
(i) pornography, or
(ii) realistic representations of, or of the effects of, gross or gratuitous violence or acts of cruelty, or
(b) consists of online advertisements or commercial communications which are age-inappropriate, including those advertising—
(i) high salt or fat foods,
(ii) alcohol,
(iii) weapons, or
(iv) gambling.”.

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