alt Hacker NewsThere hasn't been a debate. The headline is not reflective of the facts. There hasn't been any agreement to fast track this bill, but the politician sponsoring it has said in a radio interview that (surprise!) he thinks it should be fast tracked.
The Dáil record can be found here, but there's nothing of interest in it:
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/search/?searchType=debates&deba...
Oh for fuck's sake.
HN: "Ireland fast tracks Bill to criminalise harmful voice or image misuse"
TFA: "Calls to fast track Bill to criminalise harmful misuse of someone’s voice or image"
Call to action. Not action. And the call is coming from the bill's proposer! He would say that, wouldn't he? But what matters is if the actual government takes that bill further. If they don't, we don't need to care about what this guy thinks.
HN headline (possibly an earlier headline of TFA) is fundamentally misrepresenting the situation.