The Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications is to hold a special meeting to examine the role of social media in public debate.
The committee will investigate whether there is a need for regulation or legislation of public comments.
He said he would convene a special meeting of the committee to deal with the issue of social media and anonymous comments.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1227/social-media-committee.html
For years our trusted politicians have always relied on our lazy or maybe compliant media who they can manipulate to spin stories in the direction they want it to go.
With the advent of the Internet and discussion forum and now social media their is an avenue for people to share and disect their lies.
And now with the tragic death of one of their own they now see a wedge to push thru their own sick agenda.
Instead of doing the correct thing and actually funding our disgraceful mental health system they would rather push their own agenda.
No, the answer is to control and regulate social media.
The above statement by this FG TD is a very worrying development. Any such attempt at regulation should be met with the utmost defiance.
how come no committee was set up for that girl who was bullied in Donegal?!
Maybe if political parties would actually stick to their election promises instead of passing them off like Pat Rabbitte did a few weeks ago by saying "sure isnt that what you do in election" then maybe people wouldnt be so angry.
Maybe if politicians didn't pay themselves some of the highest salaries in Europe in a country that is in administration then people would actually believe a word they say.
