Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Fionn McWeeney:
We grew up in a world where your information and personal life was your own. We do not live in that world anymore. If you search my name or I search your name, everything is there. We do not live in a world where privacy is at the forefront anymore. We live in a world where public information and public access is everywhere. I think people in our generation have started to accept that. We know we leave a digital footprint everywhere. It has become increasingly difficult for people. When people apply for jobs, somebody will look at their digital footprint. It is everywhere. There is no real privacy on the Internet or in AI anymore. Our younger generation has accepted that.