The Oireachtas is calling for a digital safety commissioner to help protect children online. Its Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs is making recommendations in a new report. Harry McCann, of the Digital Youth Council, says some social media companies are not taking the issue seriously enough. "I think that is quite interesting especially because there are so many young people on those platforms, primarily young people go to those platforms when using social media. She said: "A person, a department that would oversee how content is put up and taken down on social media, a regulatory body that would enforce or set guidelines that parameters to how the various tech companies can operate and also how children and vulnerable adults are protected on social media."

Source: Evening echo March 29, 2018 10:18 UTC