Ireland: Passed Online Safety and Media Regulation including European content requirement
Description
Passed Online Safety and Media Regulation including European content requirement
On 11 July 2022, the Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Oireachtas/Irish Parliament) passed the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022. Besides aiming to strengthen online safety and transposing the revised Media Services Directive, the Bill intends to oblige video-on-demand services to meet a quota of 30% of European content and ensure the prominence of such content in their catalogues.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Local content requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
streaming service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2020-01-10
under deliberation
2020-12-08
adopted
2021-02-11
in consultation
2022-01-12
under deliberation
2022-01-25
under deliberation
2022-07-11
under deliberation
2022-11-30
adopted
2022-12-10
adopted