A man has been arrested in connection with online threats against the Taoiseach.
Gardaí investigating online threats against an elected representative made the arrest on Sunday morning.
The man aged in his 40s is being questioned at a Garda Station in the North West.
It comes as last week the Tasoieach said he would have no problem meeting Elon Musk and other social media executives about content on their platforms..
The Taoiseach said earlier on Wednesday that social media companies cannot be allowed to act like the “Wild West”.
“It is totally unacceptable that any media platform – digital, online, print – would allow a threat towards anybody remain for a significant period of time.”
“We can’t have a situation where it’s seen as some kind of Wild West over there (on social media) that does not come into contact with the same laws and enforcement that (a newspaper) would – this is a form of media.”
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