Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Bernard Joyce:
Absolutely. It is really important. When you are starting to look at particular types of information and you start to feel you are in a particularly vulnerable place, you are now overloaded with information. It could be suicidal, mental health or saying, "You are not worthy". You are looking at all this anti, negative, perpetuated information. There is no filter and no turn-off. It is in your room and your home. If it was on the street or in schools, there would be some type of safeguard and protection but because it is online there is no safeguard or protection. I would say it is not only about filtering; it is about banning it and ensuring that children are absolutely safeguarded and protected. Screening is not sufficient.
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