Ireland Online Safety Code

Preclude and never sell commercial communications harmful to the public or to children or restricted; make advertising recognisable, never surreptitious or subliminal; let uploaders declare it and tell viewers (Code s 13)

Online Safety Code, Part B s 13 (paras 13.1-13.15) - Audiovisual commercial communications: terms for user-uploaded communications, the provider's own sales, recognisability, no surreptitious or subliminal techniques, uploader declaration, informing viewers, alcohol carve-out; Part A s 10 (paras 10.2-10.4, 10.6(b)-(c)) · Read the full page →

Where the terms do not preclude adult-only video content, implement effective age assurance (not self-declaration alone) so children cannot normally see it, and keep the age data out of commercial use

Online Safety Code, Part B s 12 (para 12.10) - Age assurance for adult-only video content; Part A s 10 (paras 10.6(f), 10.8, 10.9); s 17 (para 17.2) · Read the full page →

Report to the Commission every 3 months (or as it specifies) on the handling of user complaints and other communications, and keep systems and controls that demonstrate compliance

Online Safety Code, Part B s 17 (para 17.3) - Report to the Commission every 3 months, or as specified, on the handling of user complaints and other communications; Part A s 9 (para 9.3 systems and controls to demonstrate compliance) · Read the full page →

Operate transparent, easy-to-use complaints procedures about age assurance, content rating, parental controls and reporting and flagging, handled diligently and without discrimination; Digital Services Act Article 20 moderation decisions are excluded

Online Safety Code, Part B s 16 (paras 16.1-16.4) - Complaints about age assurance, content rating, parental controls and reporting and flagging; Digital Services Act Article 20(1)(a)-(d) decisions excluded; Part A s 10 (para 10.6(i)) · Read the full page →

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 11 for a designated contact point for the Commission, users and other authorities with authority and competence to engage on compliance; s 11 is Part B's definitions section and the Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) contains no contact-point duty. Points of contact for authorities and for recipients are Articles 11 and 12 of the Digital Services Act.

Online Safety Code, Part A s 11 (Part B definitions) - withdrawn attribution (no contact-point duty in the Code) · Read the full page →

Where the terms do not preclude adult-only video content, operate an easy-to-use rating system by which uploaders flag and tag it as adult-only, and require them to use it

Online Safety Code, Part B s 12 (para 12.11) - Content rating: uploaders rate adult-only video content as not suitable for children and tag it; paras 12.2(b), 12.4; Part A s 10 (para 10.6(g)) · Read the full page →

Apply the s 12 terms and, after a prior warning, suspend frequent infringers for a reasonable period, assessed case by case with regard to fundamental rights, except where the Digital Services Act already covers the consequence

Online Safety Code, Part B s 12 (paras 12.6-12.9) - Applying the terms; suspension of frequent infringers after a prior warning; case-by-case assessment; fundamental rights; Digital Services Act limit; Part A s 5 (para 5.3 no general monitoring) · Read the full page →

Preclude bullying or humiliating video content and captions that meet the risk test in the terms, apply the terms with warn-then-suspend, and make it reportable

Online Safety Code, Part B s 11 (restricted video content (a): bullying or humiliation, with the risk test); s 12 (para 12.1 terms restriction; paras 12.6-12.9 suspension); s 15 (para 15.1 reportable); s 14 (paras 14.2(a)-(b)) · Read the full page →

The Code binds named designated video-sharing platform services in full; providers must keep systems and controls that demonstrate compliance, and non-compliance is a Part 8B contravention

Online Safety Code, Part A s 2 (paras 2.2-2.3) - Applies to named designated video-sharing platform services on the Commission's register; s 1 (para 1.5) - Entirety binding; s 9 (paras 9.1-9.3) - Contravention under Part 8B, proportionality, systems and controls to demonstrate compliance · Read the full page →

Preclude content promoting or encouraging behaviour that characterises a feeding or eating disorder, where the risk test is met; apply the terms and make it reportable

Online Safety Code, Part B s 11 (restricted video content (b): promoting or encouraging behaviour that characterises a feeding or eating disorder, with the risk test); s 12 (para 12.1; paras 12.6-12.9); s 15 (para 15.1) · Read the full page →

Preclude incitement to violence or hatred on the Charter Article 21 grounds and terrorist, child sexual abuse and racism offence content in the terms; apply the terms and make it reportable

Online Safety Code, Part B s 11 (restricted video content (e)-(f): incitement to violence or hatred on the Charter Article 21 grounds; terrorist provocation, child sexual abuse material and racism and xenophobia offences); s 12 (para 12.1; paras 12.6-12.9); s 15 (para 15.1); Part A s 10 (para 10.1(b)-(c)) · Read the full page →

Provide effective media literacy measures and tools, raise users' awareness of them, and publish an annually updated media literacy action plan

Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (para 10.6(j)) - Effective media literacy measures and tools and users' awareness of them; Part B s 17 (para 17.1) - Annually updated media literacy action plan; s 11 (definition of media literacy) · Read the full page →

Where the terms permit users under 16, provide end-user-controlled parental controls with the four para 14.2 functions, explained, promoted and offered at sign-up

Online Safety Code, Part B s 14 (paras 14.1-14.5) - Parental controls for services whose terms permit users under 16: four minimum functions, explanation, awareness, sign-up option; Part A s 10 (paras 10.6(h), 10.9) · Read the full page →

Operate transparent, user-friendly reporting and flagging for the para 15.1 categories, explain the effect given to reports, and point notifiers to the complaints procedure

Online Safety Code, Part B s 15 (paras 15.1-15.3) - Reporting and flagging: mechanisms for seven content categories, explaining the effect given to reports, pointing notifiers to the complaints procedure; Part A s 10 (paras 10.6(d)-(e)) · Read the full page →

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 9, the Code's compliance and enforcement section, for a duty to give researchers vetted by the Commission or academic institutions privacy-preserving access to platform data and to cooperate with Commission-endorsed research requests. The Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) contains no researcher-access provision; data access for vetted researchers is Article 40 of the Digital Services Act, for very large online platforms.

Online Safety Code, Part A s 9 (compliance and enforcement) - withdrawn attribution (no researcher-access duty in the Code) · Read the full page →

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 2, the Code's scope section, for a duty to conduct a risk assessment of harmful content with four required considerations, reviewed annually or on material change. The Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) contains no risk-assessment duty: its 'risk test' (s 11) is a content definition, not a process, and its only compliance-systems provision is s 9.3 (systems and controls to demonstrate compliance), carried by IE-OSC-DESIGNATED-CLASSIFICATION. Risk assessments are Article 34 of the Digital Services Act, for very large online platforms.

Online Safety Code, Part A s 2 (scope) - withdrawn attribution (no risk-assessment duty in the Code) · Read the full page →

Preclude content promoting, encouraging or giving methods of self-harm or suicide, including dangerous challenges, that meets the risk test; apply the terms and make it reportable

Online Safety Code, Part B s 11 (restricted video content (c)-(d): promoting or encouraging self-harm or suicide, methods of self-harm or suicide, including dangerous challenges, with the risk test); s 12 (para 12.1; paras 12.6-12.9); s 15 (para 15.1) · Read the full page →

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 7A for a named senior manager accountable for compliance, a board reporting line and notification of the manager to the Commission. The Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) has no s 7A (s 7 is severability) and contains no senior-management accountability duty; s 9.3 requires systems and controls to demonstrate compliance without naming an individual. Already in WITHDRAWN_ATTRIBUTION_IDS; this pass states the reason in the record's text.

Online Safety Code, Part A s 7A (does not exist) - withdrawn attribution (no senior-management accountability duty in the Code) · Read the full page →

Terms and conditions must preclude restricted video content and restricted indissociable user-generated content, preclude or require rating of adult-only video content, and bar circumvention (Code paras 12.1-12.5)

Online Safety Code, Part B s 12 (paras 12.1-12.5) - Terms and conditions and related obligations: restricted video content, restricted indissociable user-generated content, adult-only video content, no circumvention · Read the full page →

WITHDRAWN ATTRIBUTION — not a verified statutory duty. The record cited Part A s 10, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations section, for a duty to publish transparency reports and give them to the Commission with seven data points (report volumes by category, moderation actions, automated-tool accuracy, appeal volumes and outcomes, median processing times, Irish user counts, moderator resourcing with Irish-context expertise). The Code as retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21 (ss 1-17) contains no transparency-report duty; that content is Articles 15, 24 and 42 of the Digital Services Act. The Code's only reporting provision is s 17.3 - a report to the Commission every 3 months, or at other intervals it specifies, on the handling of communications from users raising complaints or other matters - which IE-OSC-ANNUAL-COMPLIANCE now carries.

Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (AVMSD obligations) - withdrawn attribution (no transparency-report duty in the Code) · Read the full page →