Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Youth Issues: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg
10:40 am
Mr. Éamonn Ó Briain:
My view is probably in the minority. Many people like to play the blame game when it comes to cyberbullying. They blame Ask.fm, Facebook and other websites for what occurs rather than examining what really causes the problem. If, for example, one has 1,000 friends on Facebook and does not know any of them, and if one opens an Ask.fm account on which one can be asked anything, it will lead to problems. If one opens an Ask.fm account but has only 100 Facebook friends, whom one knows, one will not have a problem.
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