Research to examine if 'the right to privacy trumps the right to protection' of children online

At a recent conference in Cork on the use of technology in human trafficking, chief executive of the Irish Internet Hotline, Mick Moran, said that giving young children smartphones is 'an abdication of responsibility by parents' that sees youngsters 'being sacrificed on the altar of profiteering and consumerism'. File picture

Research is to be conducted by the Children’s Rights Alliance on how children’s online safety is impacted by the right to privacy.

It comes just weeks after a decision by the European Council to extend a temporary measure until April 3 next year, allowing technology companies to detect and remove child sexual abuse material in private, non-encrypted communications.