Taoiseach Email To X Says Everything About How Seriously He Takes Online Safety
Taoiseach Email To X Says Everything About How Seriously He Takes Online Safety - The Labour Party
Labour’s Alan Kelly TD, chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee said:
“On January 20th in the Dail I asked the Taoiseach if he would contact X and ask them to turn up to face questioning at the Oireachtas committee on Media which I chair. The Taoiseach responded: “I will help in that, I will communicate with X and ask it to turn up’.
“The Taoiseach’s functional email to X shows he just ticked a box to cover my request rather than making any real effort to ask them to come before the Committee.
“Through this minimalistic intervention, It tells us that the Taoiseach had no real intention of trying to push and help get X before the Committee. This is very worrying as Meta, Google and TikTok did come before the committee and answered questions. X not being there wasn’t acceptable and certainly was disrespectful to the committee.
“It really says all we need to know about how seriously the Taoiseach takes online safety.
“X and the Grok controversy caused huge concern and damage to many people. It has pushed online safety and how Ireland is going to deal with such ecommerce companies to the top of the political agenda. That is for everyone except it seems the Taoiseach by the looks of things.”