Professor James O'Higgins Norman:

There are three issues. First, there is a duty of care that the platform social media companies have towards their users and others, which the Deputy has mentioned. Second, if people are not finding a quick enough remedy with a complain, they should be able to go to a statutory body or statutory officer who can act on their part very quickly.

The third is legislation if people want to pursue that. There is a danger, if we go straight to defining something as a crime, that the victim has to retraumatise himself or herself to get a remedy. We would be kind of thinking, especially when it comes to children, that there should be processes in place where it can be swiftly dealt with and addressed pretty quickly. In addition, in the context of children, those who engage in cyberbullying behaviour need work done with them as well. There are reasons for that and there needs to be some kind of intervention there as well.