People are recording tragic incidents to put them on social media, Independent TD Michael Lowry has told the Dáil.
The Tipperary TD said that last week a mother had to watch her son’s final moments on an online platform.
Luke Hyde, who was aged 34, was filmed after he got into difficulty and later drowned in the River Lee in Cork.
Social media has become the scourge of our times, it is destroying lives and we seem powerless to stop it, Mr Lowry said.
He added that the sheer power of social media had destroyed the social conscience.
He described it as a malaise and said that blackmail is commonly used to threaten victims who live in fear of the content…