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Ireland: Introduction of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill including content moderation requirement

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Introduction of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill including content moderation requirement

On 25 January 2022, the Online Safety and Media Regulation was introduced to the Irish Parliament (Seanad Éireann). The Bill would transpose the Audiovisual Media Services Directive into Irish law. In particular, the Bill would introduce content mod…

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Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-01-10
under deliberation

Publication of General Scheme of Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, which includes standards …

2020-12-08
adopted

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

2021-02-11
in consultation

Announcement of stakeholder consultation, which marks the beginning of the pre-legislative scrutiny…

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

On 25 January 2022, the Online Safety and Media Regulation was introduced to the Irish Parliament (…

2022-07-11
under deliberation

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

2022-11-30
adopted

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

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…

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