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TikTok declines Oireachtas call to discuss driving videos

Social media giant TikTok has declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Media to discuss the posting of videos of people driving down motorways the wrong way and endangering other people's lives.

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Social media giant TikTok has declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Media to discuss the posting of videos of people driving down motorways the wrong way and endangering other people's lives.
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    TikTok declines Oireachtas call to discuss driving videos

    Social media giant TikTok has declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Media to discuss the posting of videos of people driving down motorways the wrong way and endangering other people's lives.

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    TikTok declines cttee invite to discuss motorway videos

    Social media giant TikTok has declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Media to discuss the posting of videos of people driving down motorways the wrong way and endangering other people's lives.

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    Dangerous motorway driving akin to attempted murder - MEP

    Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said deliberately driving down the wrong side of a motorway is akin to attempted murder.

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