Irish Examiner View: Right to privacy, even in a democracy, comes with strings attached

Mark Zuckerberg, who has defended Facebook's record of combating misinformation on the social network during the coronavirus outbreak. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Just as freedom of speech cannot be an absolute right — the line has to be drawn at shouting “fire” in a theatre when there isn’t one — the right to privacy, even in a democracy, comes with a string or two attached.