‘Teenagers unwittingly creating porn’

Teenagers have been warned over unwittingly creating pornography through the use of webcams which could be recording without their knowledge.

Paul Durrant, the general manager of internet watchdog Hotline.ie, said he had discussed a number of cases with gardaí this year in which teenagers have unknowingly created pornographic content which was recorded on a webcam.

Hotline.ie is funded by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland and provides an anonymous reporting service to the public who accidentally uncover illegal content on the internet and wish to report it.