Technology abuse - Be aware of the dangers

The parents of most teenagers were not exposed to the dangers of the internet, or mobile telephones, while they were growing up. Moreover, this country was renowned for the level of censorship, which at times descended to the level of absurdity.

Those parents were thus protected as children but they should be aware that there are things now readily accessible on the internet or mobile phones that earlier generations could hardly have imagined.

Gerry Ryan has been highlighting the dangers of unsupervised teenage access to modern technology on his radio programme.