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CSAM on X is a choice, says politician who wanted to ban web browsers over anonymous porn

Rob Beschizza
Jan 08, 2026
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O’Donovan in an official portrait

Irish culture minister Patrick O’Donovan says that X is not responsible for the child sexual abuse material generated by it on-demand, stored on its servers and sent by it to users. The viewer is responsible, he told attendees at a conference in Dublin, where he defended continued use of X by officials and framed access …

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