‘This is Ireland, this is our jurisdiction’ – key moments as TDs scrutinise social media executives

Tech bosses point to X’s absence before Oireachtas Media Committee while trying to dodge blame from politicians

‘This is Ireland, this is our jurisdiction’  – TDs grill social media executives

Social media executives from TikTok, Google and Meta have said their rival X should have joined them at an Oireachtas committee hearing today.

X refused to attend the meeting, despite the European Commission launching a formal investigation into its AI tool Grok which had been used to generate sexualised deepfake images.