Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dualta ? Broin:
I know we are out of time but I just want to thank the Senator for her kind words on Threads, which were great to hear. In relation to WhatsApp, I can follow up with more detail but essentially, globally it is designed as a 13+ system. The European region was an outlier and we got into line with that. The change was notified in February. It was discussed with the relevant regulatory bodies and we believe it is bringing it in line with the expectation of users of the service. We appreciate and recognise that concerns have been expressed and we take those concerns very seriously.