Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that people have searched for harmful content online after it was “advertised” by mainstream media outlets.
Mr Varadkar said mainstream media outlets have responsibilities around their own content and signalling towards harmful content online.
Media outlets regularly publish garda requests which appeal to the public not to share imagery of tragic incidents.
Responding to a question on social media companies in Co Waterford, the Fine Gael leader said: “The traditional mainstream media also has responsibilities too and I think sometimes that’s forgotten.
“It particularly has a responsibility in not signalling, in not advertising in papers and in the regular broadcast media that stuff and harmful content is available…
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