Internet security - Protecting children must be our focus

IT MAY be a tad unfair to describe Justice Minister Brian Lenihan as a modern day King Canute, trying to stem the tide of harmful content on the internet.

Though Canute overestimated his power and failed in his attempts to literally hold back the tide, it is to be hoped that Mr Lenihan — also a member of a ruling dynasty — is more successful in his objectives.

The internet is the great empowering invention of our age but it comes with a price. That price is that access is unlimited and that content is also unconfined.