A prominent privacy-rights advocacy group has queried the Department of Education's use of social media site X and its decision to post images of children on the platform. A recent investigation by content analysis firm Copyleaks claimed that X users were, as of December 31, generating “roughly one nonconsensual sexualised image per minute”. “In light of this, it appears to me that posting images of individuals to X constitutes a high risk to those individuals, and especially to children,” he said. X had been, until recently, routinely used by Government Departments and Ministers to communicate with the public. The department posts on X most days.

Source: Irish Examiner January 13, 2026 02:37 UTC