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Ireland: Government publishes draft Online Safety and Media Regulation including European content requirement

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Government publishes draft Online Safety and Media Regulation including European content requirement

The Irish government has published the draft of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 on 12 January 2022. Besides aiming to strengthen online safety and transposing the revised Media Services Directive, the Bill also intends to oblige vid…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Local content requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
streaming service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2020-01-10
under deliberation

Publication of General Scheme of Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill which aims to oblige video…

2020-12-08
adopted

Government approval of General Scheme of Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill is given which aim…

2021-02-11
in consultation

Announcement of stakeholder consultation which aims to oblige video on-demand services to meet a qu…

2022-01-12
under deliberation

The Irish government has published the draft of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 on…

2022-01-25
under deliberation

The draft Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 was introduced in Seanad Éireann (Irish Parl…

2022-07-11
under deliberation

On 11 July 2022, the Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Oireachtas/Irish Parliament) passed the…

2022-11-30
adopted

On 30 November 2022, the Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament, adopted the Online …

2022-12-10
adopted

On 10 December 2022, the President of the Republic of Ireland signed the Online Safety and Media Re…

2023-03-15
in force

On 15 March 2023, the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act entered into force following the adopt…