A children’s charity has hit out at the “flip-flopping” of Government around the establishment of a data safety commissioner.

The Education Minister says legislation may need to be changed to protect children using smartphones.

Experts have suggested that the current discussion around age verification on social media is a positive step towards making the internet a safer place.

Teenagers are 30% more likely to send sexually explicit images to each other by the time they start the Leaving Certificate cycle than when they first enter secondary school.

The ISPCC is reminding parents - who are buying phones or tablets for their children this Christmas - to BE CUTE.

This week’s attack on Europe’s computer networks marked the beginning of a sinister all-out war on business data with no chance of recovery, according to one of Ireland’s top cyber security experts.

Internet users will soon be able to challenge any organisations that use their browsing history to collect personal data from them.

Children should never be allowed to have unlimited access to the internet, so rules must be put in place about what they can see and post, says Alison O’Connor. 

CyberSafetyIreland says education not prohibition is most effective way to protect children online

THE dangers that can arise if children are given unbridled access to go online may be well known, but the risk of 10-year-olds unwittingly engaging in cyber-bullying is not so apparent.

Security, safety, and ethics were the key search terms in Cork yesterday as hundreds of primary and secondary school pupils in 11 schools across the county were given a practical crash course on the potential dangers of the internet.