Coimisiún na Meán’s social media crackdown

Coimisiún na Meán, the media regulator this week published its online safety code, promising “an end to the era of social media self-regulation”.

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit will be obliged to comply with the new code, or face fines of up to €20 million, or 10 percent of a platform’s annual turnover, whichever is greater.

The code is a legally binding set of rules regulating content on video-sharing platforms with their EU headquarters in Ireland, with the expressed aim of protecting users from harmful content.

Niamh Hodnett is Online Safety Commissioner with Coimisiún na Meán and joins Kieran to discuss further.