Colman Noctor: Let’s teach our young people to pause and think before they post online

A post can be pollinated to thousands in seconds, often without any thought for the person at the centre of the footage

Young people must be taught not to like or share content that distresses another person. Picture: iStock

LAST week interim justice minister Simon Harris launched the ‘Serious Consequences’ awareness campaign to warn people that threatening to share intimate images of another person is a crime.

While the campaign is new, the legislation — known as Coco’s Law — has been in place since February 2021. A child under 17 can only be charged with such an offence with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.