CyberSafeKids
Measures to keep young children from accessing online platforms failing, says report
Account creation on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram still relies solely on self-declaration of age
Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan to return to duties after illness
TD previously revealed his epilepsy and said his ‘worst nightmare’ was that people would think he was drunk during an episode
Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s has jolted EU into belated action
Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan wants restrictions on online access for children in place by the end of this year
‘As a parent, I’m terrified of AI’: Have we reached the end of the ‘sharenting’ era?
Sharing images of your kids online used to be no big deal, but times have changed and parents are changing their ways
More than half of primary schoolchildren at risk of contacting strangers online, charity says
CyberSafekids says 51 per cent of children between the ages of eight and 12 have no parental restrictions around online contact
Teenagers using AI to create deep fakes of classmates, committee hears
Artificial intelligence is compounding the pressure many teenagers face, says psychologist
‘The power is with us’: Smartphone-free parenting movement takes off in Ireland
‘Balance’ phones, voice-messaging device and landlines are part of the equipment used by parents in Smartphone Free Childhood Ireland
‘I was horrified that any parent would give a nine-year-old a smartphone’
Ask Brian: More than a quarter of primary schoolchildren and a third of secondary school students are now using artificial intelligence
We made a big mistake allowing our children to use social media. Now we’re doing it again with AI
Family of US teen is suing Open AI, alleging its ChatGPT played a role in encouraging him to take his life
Keeping children safe online is not child’s play
Internet gives you access to a world of information at your fingertips, but with the good comes the bad
‘I woke up one morning to 2,000 comments. I’ve had death threats’: How schools deal with social media fallout
Online hatred and toxicity can be hugely damaging, but are digital literacy classes really enough to tackle it?
Ireland’s tech regulators and gardaí to brief Ministers on improving online safety
‘We find ourselves at an important juncture in terms of regulating the digital world,’ Taoiseach says
Children’s exposure to harmful online content a ‘public health crisis’, says Minister
Stronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen Donnelly
Roblox and YouTube main sources of online content which ‘bothered or upset’ primary school children - report
Online safety charity says there is ‘vital need’ for online safety education in schools
Regulator targets harmful video-sharing content with updated code and fines of up to €20m
Coimisiún na Meán accused of doing ‘U-turn’ by removing measures to address toxic algorithms
This Is How You Remember It: Portrait of a life in the digital age
Catherine Prasifka’s novel is a timely interrogation of how the internet distorts young lives
Tender, hopeful, empowering: YA titles to devour this May
Margaret McDonald, Amy Clarkin, Samira Ahmed, Rebecca Westcott and Sam Blake all write intelligent and entertaining fiction for young adults
Minister for Education urged to ban use of phones as learning tools in classrooms
Total ban on ownership of smartphones for under-13s ‘fraught with difficulty’, Catherine Martin says
Almost a quarter of six year olds have their own smartphone, survey finds
Majority of parents concerned about online safety of their children, CyberSafeKids finds
Parents and children urged to take 24-hour ‘cyberbreak’ from 5pm today
Smartphone breaks ‘vital’ for mental health, says therapist, as survey shows two-thirds of students feel they spend too much time online
Children’s access to smartphones: ‘many sleep with them under their pillows’
Schools are increasingly enlisting parents in a battle to minimise children’s exposure to social media
Quarter of children aged 8 to 12 experienced cyberbullying in the last year, report finds
New report finds that rate of cyberbullying rises in secondary school, and girls more likely to be victimised than boys
Breda O’Brien: When was the last time you saw children playing outside unsupervised?
Children have more autonomy about what they eat or wear, but less independence in real terms
Children and smartphones: How to protect and guide them from bullying, phishing and grooming
How can parents best guide their children and keep them safe from many different types of harm when the threat is right in front of them in their own home?
‘You can spot the children who read books and aren’t on screens’: Waterford schools plan no-smartphone code for pupils
Primary schools say move prompted by pupils’ shorter attention spans and rising anxiety levels
Greystones parents agree to ‘no smartphone’ code for children until second level
Move across eight schools follows rising concern about anxiety levels among pupils and early exposure to adult material online
There’s no such thing as a digital native
Technology is changing too rapidly for us to assume that the next generation will fully understand it
Keeping kids safe online is mostly common sense and communication
There are simple ways to monitor access and interactions
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