Ireland Adopts Online Safety Code

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Online Safety Code

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Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms including TikTok | TechCrunch

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Ireland ’s media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán , has adopted and published an Online Safety Code.

The Code will apply to video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country from next month .

Platforms must have terms and conditions that ban uploads or sharing of a range of harmful content types.

The aim of the Code is to address content types that are not directly in scope of the EU 's Digital Services Act .

Ireland ’s Online Safety Commissioner, Niamh Hodnett , said: “The adoption of the Online Safety Code brings an end to the era of social media self-regulation’ The Code sets binding rules for video-sharing platforms to follow in order to reduce the harm they can cause to users.

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