Online safety code will bring ‘end to era of social media self-regulation’, media regulator vows

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Online safety code will bring ‘end to era of social media self-regulation’, media regulator vows
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Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in Ireland

Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in IrelandThe code is a legally binding set of rules regulating content on video-sharing platforms with their EU headquarters in Ireland.

The code also compels platforms to enact age assurance controls to prevent children from encountering pornography or gratuitous violence. General obligations of the code will come into affect from next month, but platforms will enjoy a grace period before some more detailed provisions are enforced. The code forms part of Coimisiún na Meán’s wider online safety framework, the sum of the commission’s powers of regulation over online platforms.

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