Eamon Coghlan jumps the shark

silverharp

So After Hours, what do you think of Eamo's suggestion that you should pay to post here? you have to laugh when a bunch of people who will soon be only using the internet to order stairlifts think they understand how to regulate the behaviour of teens. :mad:



http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/senator-suggests-people-pay-to-post-online-comments-in-bid-to-curb-cyberbullying-587098.html

An Oireachtas Committee has heard that getting people to pay to post on social media websites or register their passport numbers for IP addresses could help tackle the issue of anonymity of the internet.

Senator Eamon Coghlan made the suggestions as the committee examined the link between social media and cyber bullying.

He raised the issue of anonymous posts, and had a number of suggestions for tackling the issue, including paying to post and registering your passport number:

Speaking at the same Committee, the Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte said he has difficulties with the take-down policies of companies like Facebook.

Mr Rabbitte said: "These are reputable companies (and ) major corporations. Good corporate citizenship should mean, it seems to me, that they should be prepared in the host country to enter into sensible protocols about take-down policy."

The Oireachtas Communications Committee is embarking on a series of meetings with companies, like Facebook and Twitter, to examine the links between social media and cyber bullying.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte told the Committee that his department is examining any gaps in legislation when it comes to posting defamatory material online.

He also raised concerns about the policies used by social media companies when it comes to taking down offensive posts.

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames raised the issue of when someone's Facebook account is changed by someone else, and said teenagers are literally living in a parallel universe.

She said: "Where a youngster has their status opened and another person puts a message on there, as if they wrote it, and that message could be, for example sexual. This type of thing has to stop.

"There has to be some controls put here. What about sexting, where they are texting sexual images?"

Seachmall

Ah jaysus.

Bipolar Joe

Parallel Universe, eh? Is it us or them that exists in Mirror Land, where everything is backwards and nonsensical?

EDIT: Darn it.

AnonoBoy

He clearly has no notion what he's talking about.

silverharp

Seachmall wrote: »

Ah jaysus.

lol didnt see it, I did a search Eamon with one n , someone is spelling his name wrong.

feel free to cull this thread

davet82

still boring the second time around...

Gummy Panda

How do I get involved in this boards.ie sexting?

kfallon

Gummy Panda wrote: »

How do I get involved in this boards.ie sexting?

Your big fat furry Panda fingers will prevent you from doing so trout!

Gummy Panda

kfallon wrote: »

Your big fat furry Panda fingers will prevent you from doing so trout!

I'm not fat :mad:

orestes

Gummy Panda wrote: »

How do I get involved in this boards.ie sexting?

Maybe if you tried staying awake instead of rolling over and going asleep right after your belly-rub you'll find out. Selfish panda.

beeroclock

I had no idea he was a complete waste of tax payers money, I mean senator

kfallon

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I'm not fat :mad:

Your Panda fingers are.....useless for sexting