Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Tijana Milosevic:

I will be very specific. I have looked into how much children are using the tools being provided by the companies and whether they are aware of them. The companies have told the committee about their safety and help centres which provide educational advice to children in cases of bullying, for example. The question is whether those tools are useful if children, parents and teachers are not aware of or using them. I asked children who were using them whether they found them helpful in bullying situations. If the companies are acknowledging that we need regulation but are pointing to these tools as examples of the good things they are doing, and the committee wishes to hold them accountable in that regard, then we need to be able to see how effective these things are.

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