Call for online IDs to protect children

A VERIFIABLE online identity card should be required to access social networking sites in order to protect children from paedophiles, according to a new report.

This would confirm whether people accessing sites such as Bebo or My-Space are who they say they are and what age they are.

A report by children’s charity Barnardos also called for legislation to allow gardaí to order Internet Service Providers or ISPs to block sites containing child pornography.