Susan Moss, head of public policy and government relations at TikTok, arriving for a media committee hearing at Leinster House on online safety. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA WireSocial media companies cannot guarantee that no harmful material will appear on their platforms, a senior executive at TikTok’s Irish operation told an Oireachtas committee on Wednesday. The existence of harmful material on social media did not mean moderation was “failing”, she said, adding that the responsibility for social media groups was in “minimising harm” and in removing content “as quickly as possible”. Her comments came as TikTok, Meta and Google attended a meeting of the Oireachtas committee that X chose not to attend. All potential measures for dealing with social media are under review, he said.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 19:38 UTC