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The Digital Age of Consent: 2 Years Later

THE LONG READ: On the occasion of the second anniversary of the digital age of consent being set in Ireland as 16, professor Brian O’Neill and Cliona Curley, take stock of its impact on children and asks if anything has fundamentally changed since its introduction.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect across Europe two years ago on May 25th, 2018 and brought the issue of children’s personal data to the fore.  The GDPR introduced for the first time in the European Union special privacy protections for children. Children were identified in the GDPR as “vulnerable individuals” meriting “special protection”…

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Esports & Celebrity Gamers? Part 1: The Stats

Many kids today enjoy watching gamers, whether that involves live streaming of esports events or…

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Tackling Fake News Online With Digital Media Literacy

Fake News, Real Problems One of the most widely discussed problems currently associated with social…

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Someone’s turning 15…

It seems hard to believe that it is only 15 years since the first, thrilling…

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Safer Internet Day 2020 Video Project!

CyberSafeIreland is marking Safer Internet Day 2020 by launching two new pupil-led video projects made…

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Safer Internet Day 2020 – CyberSafeIreland News

To mark Safer Internet Day 2020, we are releasing some new data collected in the…

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FAMILY GAMING!

Over the Christmas holidays we spent some quality time gaming as a family. This included…

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“Family Friendly” games: why you should you be wary of purchases…

PEGI (Pan European Game Information)was formed to help European parents make informed decisions when they…

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Social Media: Creating Unrealistic Expectations

Image used with permission of Elle Hunt It’s a miserable, wet day in June and…

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CyberSafeIreland releases its 4th Annual Report

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor is launching CyberSafeIreland’s 4th annual report today, Tuesday 10th September 2019,…

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