The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill contains a âtroubling vaguenessâ on the definition of harmful online content as well as other âpoorly definedâ provisions, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) told an Oireachtas committee on Wednesday.
ICCL executive director Liam Herrick said there was a danger that the passing of the legislation, as it stands, could see the issuing of removal notices for content deemed have caused someone to feel humiliated, âa threshold that is so low it could seriously damage individual constitutional rights to freedom of expressionâ.
Describing the Bill as a âmisdirection of energy and priorityâ, Mr Herrick said it was also âwholly unclearâ who could expect to be regulated by the proposed media commission, which will include an online safety commissioner.
Bill to regulate online harmful content ‘damages constitutional rights, Oireachtas committee told The long-awaited proposals to regulate social media have been criticised as so “poorly defined” that it could restrict online speech that is not illegal Cate McCurry, PA 26 May, 2021 15:27
A proposed Bill aimed at tackling the spread of harmful online content is so “vague and arbitrary” that it “seriously damages” users’ constitutional rights, an Oireachtas committee has been told
The long-awaited proposals to regulate social media have been criticised as so “poorly defined” that it could restrict online speech that is not illegal.
Representatives from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Digital Rights Ireland and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission appeared before the Oireachtas media committee about the forthcoming Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.
AS the third anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR legislation happens this week, the ICO has recently been sending out letters to businesses and sole trader professionals requiring them to register.