{"id":471,"date":"2018-04-01T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/inm-data-breach-highlights-urgent-need-to-address-media-ownership-issues\/"},"modified":"2018-04-01T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T08:12:09","slug":"inm-data-breach-highlights-urgent-need-to-address-media-ownership-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/inm-data-breach-highlights-urgent-need-to-address-media-ownership-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"INM data breach highlights urgent need to address media ownership issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INM data breach highlights urgent need to address media ownership issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social Democrats Political Director Anne-Marie McNally has once again highlighted the significant issues with media ownership &amp; control in Ireland in light of today\u2019s Sunday Times revelations regarding Independent News and Media (INM).<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times reports that the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has discovered paperwork showing that an off-shore company beneficially owned by Denis O\u2019Brien, INM\u2019s largest shareholder, paid the invoices associated with an email trawl of INM servers which has potentially compromised the personal information, research and sources of journalists working for INM.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McNally said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Numerous academic reports into the issue of media ownership in Ireland have described Ireland as \u2018High Risk\u2019 due to our lack of plurality. Too much of our media is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of extremely powerful individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the risks to democracy of such a lack of plurality are paramount, today&#8217;s revelations show just how toxic that risk can be when those powerful individuals in control of media outlets decide to exert their power. There are issues here of the gravest ethical and legal concern regarding the blurring of lines between a majority shareholder, the chairman of INM at the time of the breach, and the accessing of extremely sensitive information in INM journalist\u2019s email accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issues raised by the ODCE once again give rise to questions about how we in Ireland regulate media ownership. When Fine Gael &amp; Fianna F\u00e1il voted against the Social Democrats Media Ownership Bill in 2017, the issue of control of our media was once again kicked to touch by the governing parties. Today\u2019s revelations make it clear that we cannot continue to avoid the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n<p>1st April 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INM data breach highlights urgent need to address media ownership issues Social Democrats Political Director Anne-Marie McNally has once again highlighted the significant issues with media ownership &amp; control in Ireland in light of today\u2019s Sunday Times revelations regarding Independent News and Media (INM). 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