Regulation urgently needed
Sir, – If The Irish Times is regulated to the effect that it cannot publish a letter from an individual threatening violence against the Taoiseach,, his wife and young children, how are such threats allowed by social media companies to be published on their platforms?
Requests by gardaí to have violent, abusive, hate-filled and illegal content removed are ignored, and so-called reporting mechanisms for individual users are treated in the same manner. It would appear that social media is destroying democracy, increasing anxiety in the population, especially among younger people, spreading conspiracy theories, lies and there are many other downsides, in particular the attack on truth.was circulated on social media. In Ireland lies on social media have resulted in attacks on potential refugee centres and assaults on refugees and others.
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