On 15 March 2023, the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act entered into force following the adoption of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media of the Commencement Order 2023 enforcing the Act. In particular, the Act introduces content moderation for online platforms with the aim of addressing the dissemination of illegal content online. Furthermore, the Act empowers the Media Commission to adopt Online Safety Codes that the platforms will be obliged to follow. Finally, the online platform providers will be required to remove or disable access to content classified as harmful upon request.
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