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What are the UK’s Plans for Legislating Children’s Use of Technology?

Alison McGuireJune 21, 2018

Written by Andrew Carroll Is your inbox flooded by the “privacy policy update” notices from large tech companies including Facebook and Google, and even fro...

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Reasons Why The Digital Age of Consent Should Be 16

Ronan LeonardMay 15, 2018

This evening in the Dail, a debate and then a vote will take place for the 2018 Data Protection Bill, which will incorporate what measures that Ireland needs to...

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Child Protection is best served by setting the Age of Digital Consent at 13

JohnMarch 2, 2018

By Grainia Long, CEO, ISPCC; Ian Power, Executive Director, SpunOut.ie and Tanya Ward, Chief Executive, Children's Rights Alliance Three organisations working to protect children and young people online have today called on all Oireachtas memb...

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What business models are not

Simon CockingJanuary 30, 2018

‘When I think about business models, I’m reminded of US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart addressing the question of pornography: “I shall not today attempt...

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Irish digital age of consent should it be 16 or 13?

Oscar MichelJuly 20, 2017

By Oscar Michel, Masters in Journalism, DCU During a 24-hour Twitter Poll, a majority of participants believed that Ireland should set its digital age of con...