Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Ms Siobhán Cummiskey:

I thank the Chairman for his question. I will start at the beginning on what we call and what is commonly referred to as "mocking photoshop" or "mocking images". That is something we do not permit in respect of private individuals. As I mentioned in my opening statement, when it comes to public people, there are different standards. The reason is that we allow more robust discussion and debate around public figures and matters which are of public interest.