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

Dr. Mary Aiken:

Without naming the specific app, there is one - available to 13 year olds - in which there is a setting for wanting to engage with strangers. That flies in the face of every educational protocol. Can one imagine a product designed to encourage children to set themselves up to engage with strangers?