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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.