New law regulating social media and streaming services to be approved by Cabinet

Proposed commission will become one of the State's most powerful regulators and will take over the functions of the BAI

The new bill sets out to regulate social media, online advertising, and streaming — and also proposes to create the position of online safety commissioner. Stock picture

A bill to regulate social media, online advertising, and streaming services is to be signed off on by the Cabinet today.

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, will bring a memo to government seeking to publish the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.