Ireland’s “Media Minister” Catherine Martin called on the public to report on any hate speech online for potential prosecution under their new speech laws.
Martin spoke to political leaders on Wednesday following a horrific stabbing in Dublin last Thursday. An Algerian migrant stabbed five people including three children in a vicious attack on innocent civilians. The political leaders this week are now targeting the angry rioters and not the untenable migrant situation in the country.
Anyone who speaks poorly about migrants stabbing children will likely face repercussions.
Minister Catherine Martin: The government is addressing the extremist content online like hate speech and incitement to violence and Coimisiún na Meán is Ireland’s new online safety and media regulator and will also be joint regulator along with the European Commission for the EU Digital Services Act.
My department has ongoing engagement with Coimisiún, and I, having met them two weeks ago met with them again yesterday for an update on last week’s events, and they informed me that they had engaged immediately…
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