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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...as being that which advertisers can have access to. That is the basis of an advertising-based business model here. I read the advisory of the US Surgeon General, entitled Social Media and Youth Mental Health, and i am concerned about young people and their access to smart phones, which I think should be banned. Brain development has changed. Mental health has been affected by the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

...case, they have also been provided to Coimisiún na Meán. Part of that is that providers are required to assess the risks that might arise from their services in a whole range of areas, including mental health and the protection of children. Providers are also required to describe how they are mitigating those risks. Obviously, the regulators will look at whether we are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... Others have spoken about fake accounts, for example. How can we sort them out? There are issues in that regard. As one representative said, these platforms are businesses. There were references to mental health, body image and other issues. There is great concern and there needs to be change. I agree with the Tánaiste that this is the public health crisis of our time....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

...is not, as far as we are concerned, representative of how an individual normally experiences TikTok. As far we can tell by the reporting, RTÉ looked at a number of videos but skipped videos unless they were related to mental health. The average person does not interact that way with TikTok. They have a variety of interests, a multiplicity of different interest levels, from camogie...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...really do not understand. I push all the witnesses again on safety. I am aware there is a time limit and the user has to put in a code if that time limit is hit, but putting in a code is not flagging the fact there are mental health implications. We can even look at time spent with friends by age group. I appreciate it is about smartphones full stop, but since social media the number...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...can, through a screen, say and be who they are but their in-person behaviour could be very different. We see teenagers with heightened levels of anxiety in our schools. We have had to bring in mental health supports and that is not all related to Covid. I appreciate that a little of it is due to the pandemic but a good deal of it has got to do with the fact that teenagers are...