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On 23 May 2024, the Coimisiún na Meán (Irish media regulatory authority) published an Information Pack for candidates to the local and European elections, held on 7 June in Ireland. The aim of this pack was to provide information on the role of the Irish media regulatory authority and to offer guidance for candidates on what to do when they are faced with harmful and/or illegal content online. The Pack includes further information on the rights of users when their post is removed for allegedly going against the platform's community standards under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The...

Following its public consultation launched between 8 December 2023 and 31 January 2024, and consultation with its Youth Advisory Committee, Coimisiún na Meán, the Irish regulator, published an updated draft Online Safety Code on 27 May 2024. The Code, which will apply to video-sharing platforms (VSPs) headquartered in Ireland, was submitted to the European Commission on the same day. Back in December 2023, Coimisiún na Meán had already designated 10 VSP providers as falling under its jurisdiction (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr,...

On 30 April 2024, the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán published Guidelines in Respect of Broadcast Coverage of Elections (hereinafter “the Guidelines”), in advance of the European and local elections and the election for a directly elected Mayor of Limerick, scheduled to be held on 7 June 2024. These Guidelines were developed further to Rule 27 of the Code of Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News and Current Affairs (hereinafter “the Code”), reviewed in 2022. The Guidelines apply only to broadcasters (excluding print, social media, audiovisual...

Following the publication on 10 November of its Designation Decision Framework for video-sharing platform (VSP) services, the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission) issued a series of notices of designation to services established in Ireland that it estimates fall under the designation of VSP. Pursuant to section 139H(3)(a) of the Broadcasting Act, 10 such services (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Udemy, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit) were notified of their designation as VSPs between 22 December and 29 December 2023. As foreseen by the...

On 10 November 2023, the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission) published a Designation Decision Framework (further referred to as “Framework”) for video-sharing platforms services (VSPS) to inform individual providers of online services of the assessment and decision-making process it intends to follow in order to determine whether a named service meets the defining criteria of a VSPS, and whether the provider of such a service is under Irish jurisdiction. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act of 2022 amending the Broadcasting Act of 2009,...