A number of TDs and Senators raised concerns about the type of content many children are viewing online. During a hearing on Wednesday, a number of TDs and Senators raised concerns about the type of content many children are viewing online. Fine Gael TD Keira Keogh was critical of the fact that many social media platforms do not seem to enforce robust age verification processes. She said officials in the Department were working with the Government’s chief information officer and his office “to look at practical technical solutions to age verification”. [ Irish regulators take aim at Big Tech, but how will the online safety code be implemented?Opens in new window ]Niamh Hodnett, online safety commissioner at Coimisiún na Meán, said all platforms “have to protect the safety, security and privacy of children online”.
