Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook
10:20 am
Ms Sinéad McSweeney:
Sorry, the issue was raised in a newspaper article. Again, I would point out that the online resource is available 24 hours a day. Resources are there all of the time for people to access. Interestingly, the hotline in the Safer Internet Centre in the UK takes calls from schools. The staff at that centre have informed and educated themselves as to what all of the individual platforms have available in terms of advice and reporting.
They have informed and educated themselves on what all the individual platforms have available on advice and reporting. They are almost like a gateway or filter. They will ask schools what they have tried and whether they are aware of particular options. They operate by providing a range of advice. We have a contact point with them and can deal with issues which may be slightly out of the ordinary.
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