The government has made little or no progress in tackling online abuse, child sexual exploitation, harassment and intimidation despite numerous investigations, an Oireachtas committee has been told. The government has made little or no progress in tackling online abuse, child sexual exploitation, harassment and intimidation despite numerous investigations, an Oireachtas committee has been told. She told the committee that there is a relationship between cyberbullying, self-esteem, and self-harm, as well as between sexted images, harassment, online coercion and extortion. She said that exposing Irish children to a range of online harms is a fundamental breach of their constitutional rights. He raised concerns over how gardai handle complaints about online harassment saying that there is an unwillingness to investigate cases of online harassment.

Source: Irish Independent October 16, 2019 11:03 UTC