INTERNET service providers have been warned they face State regulation after it emerged that many have ignored a voluntary code of practice covering access to illegal or harmful material, including child pornography.

LEGISLATION is needed to control the use of camera phones to protect children, says a Fianna Fáil senator,

GARDAÍ could have difficulties tracking the person responsible for circulating pornographic images of a schoolgirl by camera phone, because ready-to-go phones are untraceable.

The first report of the Internet Advisory Board established by the Government indicates that there is a high level of awareness among Irish parents of the dangers to children on the World Wide Web.

More than half of Irish children are allowed to talk to strangers in internet chat rooms, it was revealed today.

IN Garda headquarters they can’t recall who suggested the codename Amethyst and the detective chief superintendent in charge insists it holds no significance.

SEXUAL overtures are being made on the internet to children as young as 10 and some youngsters have been asked to meet the instigator.