Social media giants face grilling over cyberbullying

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube chiefs face being called to give evidence before Oireachtas members over cyberbullying and to outline actions the firms are taking to protect users.

The Oireachtas Committee on Communications has also discussed inviting the Data Protection Commissioner to the series of hearings to be held in the coming months.

TDs and senators agreed on the planned hearings yesterday, which were called for following the death of junior agriculture minister Shane McEntee, who took his own life last month.