Michael McGrath

That's their own business.

That's the way they conduct policymaking and they travel together.

That's the way they do it.

But from the EU's point of view, we have our own approach.

We have a robust system of regulation because you do need to have safeguards in place, in particular to protect children online.

So later on this year, when I bring forward the Digital Fairness Act, it will address issues like addictive design.

It will address some of the unfair personalisation we see where children are being targeted with advertisements based on their profile, for example.

So we're seeking to address the potential harms that are being caused to children in the online environment.

And that's why it's so important that we do talk to everybody.

And as you say, you know, many parts of the big tech sector are none too pleased with the EU.

So that's, I think, significant in the context of your earlier questions.

For sure.

And while there is regulation in Ireland, that's not the case throughout the European Union.

I think what is important is that the ordinary person, the consumer, knows if there is a commercial element to this post, if it is essentially a paid-for transaction.

Other issues that I will be looking at include online subscription traps.

We all sign up to free trial periods for different services.

They roll on automatically into a permanent commitment.

There's no obvious way of getting out of it.

Thank you very much.

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