Meta, Google, and TikTok defend their response to Dublin riots

TikTok Ireland's head of public policy Susan Moss said the company was “absolutely confident” in how it had responded to the riots, which saw vehicles set on fire and widespread looting on November 23.

Social media companies operating in Ireland say they responded proactively to the aftermath of the stabbing of several children in Dublin last month, contacting gardaí and combating misinformation on their platforms in real time.

Appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee, representatives of TikTok, Google, and Meta, the parent compnay of Facebook and Instagram, outlined how they had responded to the stabbings, an event which preceded the worst riots seen in Dublin in living memory later that evening.