Dr Mary Aiken: As Ireland is a hub for tech companies, we should be leading the way on online safety
Ireland is falling way behind our neighbours in the UK when it comes to child internet safety
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Ireland is falling way behind our neighbours in the UK when it comes to child internet safety
A number of US states have this year moved to ban the use of this technology to create pornographic videos of individuals.
The new laws were due to come into effect from 15 July.
Up to 17% of porn users experience personal distress as a result of watching the material.
Calls for an online safety Oireachtas committee were heard in the Dáil today.
Leo Varadkar confirmed that legislation to set up the office of a Digital Safety Commissioner is on the way.
The father-of-one was also ordered to continue to engage in a sex offenders’ treatment programme
Credit card details could be used to verify a person is over 18 under the new UK rules.
From July pornography sites will be required to have robust age-verification systems in place for UK users.
Age verification will be required to access online pornography in the United Kingdom from July.
The 40-year-old man’s father told him he had done him a favour by getting rid of his 12 boxes of films and magazines.
Now is the time for a mature and sensible discussion about sex and porn. We really need mandatory modern sex education introduced in schools too, writes Caroline West.
A new survey finds that 53% of boys in Ireland first watched porn under the age of 13.
A senior garda told a court today that the uploading of the images was “an enormously stupid thing to do”.
A new survey suggests that around one in five young people feel that it is a useful way to find out about sex.
Gardaí said they would not be commenting.
All of the accused denied the charges, saying they were not naked or producing pornography.
The final two years were suspended by the judge.
Damian Green says the claim amounts to “unscrupulous character assassination”.
He was deemed suitable for community service work, and so avoided jail.
The charges include rape, indecent treatment of children and making child exploitation material.
Should they be part of the curriculum?
A spokesperson for the minister said he will “absolutely not” attend a meeting.
She was caught after her colleagues recognised her on a website devoted to people who top up their salaries by performing in pornography in their spare time.
Critics say the approach could open a door to fraudsters.
Porn is not sex education, but it’s where people look for information when faced with silence, writes scholar in sexuality studies Caroline Ryan.
The Taoiseach has called for a national conversation on the issue.
The Taoiseach thinks that some ‘young minds are being tainted and corrupted’.
Exposure to sexual imagery and language at a young age can lead to mental health problems.
Utah’s governor called pornography a plague damaging young minds as he signed the declaration.
They had argued the move would destroy the industry.
One woman said images of her between the ages of 14 and 19 had been taken from her social media profiles.
The government of the time was not one bit happy at the thought of sex shops coming to these shores either.
At least 106 victims have also been traced, most of whom are under 12.
After 62 years, the magazine’s editor says nudity has become ‘passé’ in the internet age.
Does more need to be done?
“There’s no thinking behind the decision,” said one expert.
It’s been ruled that an old law for adult films applies to eBooks.