Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:

“Insertion of Chapter 1A into Part 8B of Act of 2009

9. Part 8B of the Act of 2009 is amended by the insertion of the following Chapter after Chapter 1:

“CHAPTER 1A

Provision of information for purposes of functions of Commission as competent authority under Terrorist Content Online Regulation

Provision of information for purposes of functions of Commission as competent authority under Terrorist Content Online Regulation

139ZGA. (1) The Commission may by notice in writing require a person (in this section referred to as ‘the person’) to provide the Commission with information relating to whether the person—

(a) is a hosting service provider, or

(b) is a hosting service provider that is, or has been, exposed to terrorist content.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall specify the information to be provided by the person and the form and manner in which that information shall be provided.

(3) The person shall comply with a notice under subsection (1) within a period of 20 working days of the date of the notice under that subsection or within such further period as may be agreed in writing before the expiry of the 20 days between the Commission and the person concerned.

(4) The Commission may, on notice to the person, apply to a judge of the District Court who is assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District for an order under subsection (5) where it appears to the Commission that the person has failed to comply with subsection (3).

(5) The judge of the District Court may, on hearing an application under subsection (4), where he or she is satisfied that the person concerned has failed to comply with subsection (3), make an order directing the person, within such period as is specified in the order, to provide the information requested in the notice under subsection (1).

(6) In this section—

‘exposed to terrorist content’ shall be construed in accordance with Article 5 of the Terrorist Content Online Regulation, and

‘terrorist content’ has the same meaning as it has in Article 2(7) of the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.”.”.

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