Facebook says that Ireland should reconsider introducing an upcoming national online safety law because it is likely to clash with binding EU law currently being passed. In a submission to an Oireachtas Committee, Facebook’s policy directors say there are 17 different areas in which the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill might fall foul of the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) from the EU. “Our current estimate for the passage of the OSMR Bill is that it will not pass before March 2022,” said Facebook’s Oireachtas Committee submission. “While the intention is to publish and enact the OSMR Bill this year, the timing of the Joint Oireachtas Committee report will impact on this indicative timeline. It is intended that the Media Commission, including an Online Safety Commissioner, will be formally established in 2022.”Read MoreOnline Editors

Source: Irish Independent March 12, 2021 02:36 UTC