Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion

Faith Langdon:

I want to go back to Alicia's point on young people having the freedom of social media, even going as far as making videos and sending little messages and not thinking about the future. They post something because it is funny, but in years to come they will realise that all of the videos posted on social media are there and they have no access to them. Having social media monitored by a parent or guardian is very important. We never know who is watching the videos or reading the messages. It is very important to have them monitored as often as possible.