Cyber-psychologist: Government breaching children's rights as tech companies allowed to 'monetise harm'

Irish governments are breaching the constitutional rights of children by failing to introduce, and implement, laws to protect them from online harms, a leading cyber-psychologist has said.

Dr Mary Aiken, an academic advisor both here and abroad, told the Oireachtas Justice Committee that social technology companies profit by promoting “extreme content” aimed at children.