Ireland: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill signed
Summary
Relevant online services under Irish jurisdiction and designated by Coimisiún na Meán - including video-sharing platforms - shall comply to binding Online Safety Codes that the Coimisiún na Meán shall draft. These Codes aim at ensuring that designated online service providers take appropriate measures to minimise the availability of harmful content, as defined within the OMSR Act. For online services outside of Irish jurisdiction, Coimisiún na Meán will be entitled to conclude voluntary arrangements with these providers to comply to the Codes. To implement the Act, Coimisiún na Meán acquires important enforcement powers such as the right to carry out investigation, issue access blocking orders or content limitation notices and impose administrative financial sanctions up to €20 million or 10% of the relevant annual turnover. • It is expected that Coimisiún na Meán will be formally established a number of weeks after the appointment of the Executive Chairperson and the Commissioners.