'Unacceptable and disappointing': Tech giant decline invitations from Oireachtas committee

A member of the public passes the Dublin GQ of Facebook parent company Meta. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

It is “unacceptable and disappointing” that Google, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon all declined invitations to appear before the Oireachtas finance committee today to discuss the increasing prevalence of online scams and financial frauds here, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Finance has said.

Pearse Doherty said that tech giants had “a responsibility to come before the committee” to discuss the huge increase in the level of financial frauds and scams reported to An Garda Síochána in recent years.