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Refine your searchIRIS 2025-6:1/4 [IE] Irish media commission de-designates Reddit as a video-sharing platform service under its jurisdiction | |
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On 23 May 2025, the Irish national media regulatory authority, Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission) de-designated Reddit as a video-sharing platform (VSP) service. The de-designation does not come as an indication that the initial designation of the service was incorrect, but due to the fact that service provider of Reddit is no longer under the jurisdiction of Ireland, and therefore not subject to the Media Commission’s online safety codes. Reddit had been designated as a VSP services at the end of 2023, when the Media Commission issued a series of notices to services... |
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IRIS 2025-5:1/7 [IE] TikTok sanctioned by Irish Data Protection Commission | |
On 2 May 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission released a decision finding that TikTok infringed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to the transfer of personal data of its users in the European Economic Area (EEA) to China. The Irish Data Protection Commission concluded that the transfers violated the GDPR’s requirements for cross-border data transfers and its transparency obligation. Personal data may be transferred to countries outside the EEA if those countries ensure an adequate level of data protection, either through a European Commission “adequacy... |
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IRIS 2025-3:1/9 [IE] Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council provides recommendations to Irish Government for adoption of AI policy in Ireland | |
The newly formed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council, established on 17 January 2024 by the Minister of State with responsibility for Digital, was formed to provide independent expert advice and guidance to the Irish Government on AI policy. On 21 February 2025, the AI Advisory Council published a six-point paper entitled “Ireland’s AI Advisory Council Recommendations – Helping to Shape Ireland’s AI Future”. The stated purpose of this paper was to provide recommendations to the Irish Government to accelerate AI adoption, encourage responsible innovation,... |
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IRIS 2025-2:1/9 [IE] Restrictions on alcohol advertising on radio and TV come into effect | |
Part of the Public Health Alcohol Act (PHAA – the Act) came into force on 10 January 2025, seven years after it was signed into law on 17 October 2018. In particular, section 19 of the Act introduces a watershed ban for alcohol advertisement. In this sense, alcohol advertisements cannot be shown on television between 3 a.m. and 9 p.m., nor can they be broadcast on the radio on a weekday between 3 p.m. and 10 a.m the following day. These new measures were among certain revisions introduced into the Act, and which followed the introduction of a ban on alcohol advertising in or on a... |
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IRIS 2025-1:1/10 [IE] Publication of revised media service codes and rules | |
On 5 December 2024, Coimisiún na Meán (the Commission), the Irish media regulatory authority, published revised broadcasting codes and rules for radio and television broadcasters as well as a new Video-on-Demand code and rules, following a public consultation. Under the Broadcasting Act 2009 (as amended), the Commission has the power to make media service codes and media service rules. Media service codes govern the standards and practices of broadcasters and producers of audiovisual on-demand media services to ensure, amongst other things, that audiences are protected from anything harmful... |