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

Professor Barry O'Sullivan:

Adults view the world entirely differently from children. Earlier, Deputy Anne Rabbitte spoke about a Snapchat streak. If someone explained that concept two or three years ago, one would have looked at them quizzically and asked why an earth someone would ever want such a thing.

They see the world very differently from us and they need to be part of the education process. They have a lot to teach us about the technology.