Law prohibiting social media management abroad after Sinn Féin revelations will ensure greater transparency
12th April 2021 - Senator John Cummins
New laws preventing political parties from having social media accounts managed outside Ireland will ensure greater transparency and accountability of our democratic process, Fine Gael senator John Cummins has said.
Senator Cummins welcomed the planned changes after he highlighted how Sinn Féin’s Facebook accounts were being managed by people based in Serbia and Germany.
It is reported that Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien intends to ban parties from transferring funding or resources from branches of their organisation based outside of Ireland into the State for electoral purposes as part of the proposed Electoral Reform Bill 2021.
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