Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Aiken mentioned the distortion of images and the effect this will have on young teenage girls in particular. This has come up again and again in terms of image and self-esteem. With regard to augmenting policy on social media providers, in terms of getting an icon put on the corner of the screen or something to this effect, has any other jurisdiction had any success on this?

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