Roscommon eviction posts are ‘an incitement to hatred’, Taoiseach says
Leo Varadkar calls for social media firms to remove some comments on incident in Falsk
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said it was unacceptable that social media companies would not take down some of the posts about the eviction in Co Roscommon. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Some of the comments posted online about a recent Co Roscommon eviction were “an incitement to hatred” and should be removed by social media companies from their platforms, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
Asked about some of the commentary on the bailiffs and bankers involved in the incident, which included people advocating for them being shot or fed to pigs, Mr Varadkar said it was unacceptable that the companies would not “take down” the posts.