{"id":18107,"date":"2026-01-16T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:33:12","slug":"oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OCO have made a number of submissions to the Department of Communications and Coimisi\u00fan na Mean online safety, primarily in response to the development of Ireland\u2019s first online safety code. The OCO promotes the adoption of rights-based regulation and<br>guidance for online service providers to ensure that they are enabled to fully respect children\u2019s rights. This involves giving careful attention to international and European guidance and recommendations concerning the interrelated areas of children\u2019s rights online<br>and children\u2019s rights and business, including guidance and recommendations relating to legislative, regulatory and remedial measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full Submission below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-18107","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The OCO have made a number of submissions to the Department of Communications and Coimisi\u00fan na Mean online safety, primarily in response to the development of Ireland\u2019s first online safety code. The OCO promotes the adoption ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-11T12:33:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OCO_ireland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\\\/\",\"name\":\"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-16T16:13:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-11T12:33:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Baile\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ombudsman for Children\",\"description\":\"The OCO investigates complaints about services provided to children by public organisations. The service is free and independent.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/oco.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/oco.png\",\"width\":228,\"height\":78,\"caption\":\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/OCOIreland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OCO_ireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ombudsmanforchildren\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/OCOIreland\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children","og_description":"The OCO have made a number of submissions to the Department of Communications and Coimisi\u00fan na Mean online safety, primarily in response to the development of Ireland\u2019s first online safety code. The OCO promotes the adoption ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/","og_site_name":"Ombudsman for Children","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/","article_modified_time":"2026-06-11T12:33:12+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@OCO_ireland","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/","name":"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms - Ombudsman for Children","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-16T16:13:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-11T12:33:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/oco-submission-regulation-of-online-platforms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Baile","item":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Library","item":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/","name":"Ombudsman for Children","description":"The OCO investigates complaints about services provided to children by public organisations. The service is free and independent.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#organization","name":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office","url":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oco.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oco.png","width":228,"height":78,"caption":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/","https:\/\/x.com\/OCO_ireland","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ombudsmanforchildren\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OCOIreland"]}]}},"spectra_custom_meta":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_uagb_previous_block_counts":["a:90:{s:21:\"uagb\/advanced-heading\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/blockquote\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/buttons\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/buttons-child\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/call-to-action\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/cf7-styler\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/column\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/columns\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/container\";i:0;s:21:\"uagb\/content-timeline\";i:0;s:27:\"uagb\/content-timeline-child\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/countdown\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/counter\";i:0;s:8:\"uagb\/faq\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/faq-child\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/forms\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-accept\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/forms-checkbox\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/forms-date\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-email\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-hidden\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/forms-name\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-phone\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-radio\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-select\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/forms-textarea\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-toggle\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/forms-url\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/gf-styler\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/google-map\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/how-to\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/how-to-step\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/icon\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/icon-list\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/icon-list-child\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/image\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/image-gallery\";i:0;s:13:\"uagb\/info-box\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/inline-notice\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/lottie\";i:0;s:21:\"uagb\/marketing-button\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/modal\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/popup-builder\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/post-button\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-carousel\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/post-excerpt\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/post-grid\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/post-image\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/post-masonry\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/post-meta\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-taxonomy\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-timeline\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/post-title\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/restaurant-menu\";i:0;s:26:\"uagb\/restaurant-menu-child\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/review\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/section\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/separator\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/slider\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/slider-child\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/social-share\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/social-share-child\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/star-rating\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/sure-cart-checkout\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/sure-cart-product\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/sure-forms\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/table-of-contents\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/tabs\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/tabs-child\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/taxonomy-list\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/team\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/testimonial\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/wp-search\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/instagram-feed\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/login\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/loop-builder\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/loop-category\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/loop-pagination\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/loop-reset\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/loop-search\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/loop-sort\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/loop-wrapper\";i:0;s:13:\"uagb\/register\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/register-email\";i:0;s:24:\"uagb\/register-first-name\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/register-last-name\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/register-password\";i:0;s:30:\"uagb\/register-reenter-password\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/register-terms\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/register-username\";i:0;}"],"_documents":["field_59fb03b22f9da"],"_documents_0_document_title":["field_59fb055b2f9db"],"documents_0_document_title":["OCO submission Regulation of Online Platforms"],"_documents_0_document":["field_59fb06252f9dc"],"documents_0_document":["17914"],"_documents_0_document_url":["field_59fb33d397757"],"documents_0_document_url":[""],"documents":["1"],"_wpml_word_count":["128"],"_edit_last":["19"],"_wpml_location_migration_done":["1"],"_wp_old_date":["2026-06-05"],"_edit_lock":["1781181273:19"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_resource_type":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_resource_topic":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["60"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:0:\"\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:1:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1787525301\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"size_150x150":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Padraig Foran","author_link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/author\/padraigf\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The OCO have made a number of submissions to the Department of Communications and Coimisi\u00fan na Mean online safety, primarily in response to the development of Ireland\u2019s first online safety code. The OCO promotes the adoption ...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/18107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}