Big tech firms insist Online Safety Code for children is 'overreaching'

Coimisiún na Meán has said the code will bring in obligations for video-sharing platforms to protect users from harmful content, and sit alongside the powers it has under the EU Digital Services Act. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Lobby groups for social media giants including X and TikTok have claimed the country’s proposed new Online Safety Code, aimed at protecting children from harmful content, is “overly prescriptive” and “overreaching”.

Submissions were made by two groups, of which TikTok, X, and Meta are members, on Coimisiún na Meán’s proposals which were referred to Europe earlier this year.