Regulating online speech a slippery slope, says boss of Twitter Ireland

The managing director of Twitter Ireland has said the online giant is committed to tackling so-called fake news — but has warned that legislative means to regulate online speech “is a slippery slope”.

Sinéad McSweeney was speaking following the monthly Cork Chamber business breakfast, where she was the October guest speaker.

The Cork native, who is also Twitter’s director of public policy and communications for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, said it was a misconception that “fake news” was a modern phenomenon.