CnaM wants compliance details from X
Online-safety watchdog Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM) has ordered social-media platform X to provide it with information on its compliance with the Online Safety Code.
The regulator has issued a statutory information notice to X Internet Unlimited Company, the provider of the platform.
Under Section 139O of the Broadcasting Act, such a notice compels the recipient to provide information on its compliance with the code.
“Information provided by X so far is not sufficient to assess whether X’s current measures are sufficient to protect children using the service,” the watchdog said in a statement.
22 July deadline
It added that X was obliged to respond by 22 July and that failure to comply with the notice by the provider could result in criminal liability, including a fine of up to €500,000.
CnaM designated X as a video-sharing platform service (VSPS) in December 2023, meaning that it is obliged to comply with the Online Safety Code.
The code, which was fully adopted in October 2024, includes measures to protect people, especially children, from harmful video and associated content.
X last year lodged a legal challenge to the code, which CnaM is contesting.