Children favour criminalisation of harmful online behaviour

The vast majority of children consulted as part of a Law Reform Commission report favour making a wide range of harmful online behaviour illegal.

A total of 70 young people, aged between 13 and 17 and from across the country, also told researchers that more needed to be done on education and online safety.

More than nine out of 10 children said online abuse, such as identity theft, catfishing (stealing a person’s identity by creating a fake profile), cyberbullying, and revenge porn, should all be made illegal.