‼️ 🤖 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈- 𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 At today’s 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 hearing on impact of AI on children and YP- with CyberSafeKids CEO, Alex Cooney , as Board Director w/reps from Belong To Irish Traveller Movement , ISPCC , SpunOut and Webwise Ireland

💥💥𝐄𝐃𝐏𝐁 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐃𝐒𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑 🆕 The EDPB has adopted guidelines clarifying how the Digital Services Act (DSA) interacts with the GDPR: see 🔗 here for more information 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/20...

‼️ 🧒🏼 🤖 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 2024–2025 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.cybersafekids.ie/wp-content/u...

🔐 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐏𝐂 ⚠️The Data Protection Commission Ireland has just launched its Adult Safeguarding Toolkit- supporting organisations in meeting their data protection responsibilities when working with vulnerable adults 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-medi...

⚠️X (formerly Twitter) has lost a High Court challenge against the Irish Online Safety Code www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...

🤕𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦? Is PIAB 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬⁉️ The much anticipated Supreme Court decision in 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐯 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 has been published ⬇️ www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco...

Delighted to contribute to this years Law Society of Ireland MOOC on #AI. I spoke on AI and child safeguarding 🤖 👧🏼 The course is packed full of experts and offers real practical guidance in all areas of AI The MOOC is free and open to all until 31 July! 🔗 here 👉🏻 www.lawsociety.ie/mooc

📵A clear majority of voters in Ireland support a ban on social media for under 16s amid political division over the issue. Simon Harris has said that such a ban needs to be given serious consideration. www.businesspost.ie/politics/cle...

👧🏼 Delighted to contribute to the Law Society of Ireland Data Protection Certificate again this year 🌐 The last 12 months has seen lots of movement forward in terms of children’s data rights- talking all things children’s data data subject rights, to sharenting,

As parents, we wouldn’t let our kids jump in the deep end of the swimming pool unprepared or unsupervised, so why do it online? Remember, online or offline, #SameRulesApply ➡️ www.cybersafekids.ie/samerulesapply The #SameRulesApply campaign is supported by the @hselive.bsky.social and Accenture

🔞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞!…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 The European Data Protection Board has adopted a statement on age assurance! www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...

🤖 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀𝐈, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🗣️Really looking forward to this @iapp.bsky.social Cork and Dublin Chapters Panel Discussion Register 🔗 iapp.org/connect/comm...

🚸Articles 1-5 of the EU Ai Act come into force today-🔞But what Ai applications endanger children, are they caught by the Act? ⚖️ Article 4 Risk-Based Approach risk categories: ❌unacceptable risk (banned), ⚠️high risk (strictly regulated) ✅lower-risk systems. ❌Article 5 – Prohibited Ai Practices

📚 Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age: US and UK Experiences and Policy Responses 📖Read our o/a chapter in Handbook of Children and Screens #ChildPrivacyOnline #DigitalFutures4Children ➡️https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_67

⁉️ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭❓ Have you ever been asked for information that appears to be in excess of what is necessary for the product or service you are buying? CJEU delivered an important judgment Mousse reaffirming principle of minimisation under GDPR see ⬇️ 🔗 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

‼️Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251 Million 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.rte.ie/news/busines...

🌐 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 Centre for Information Policy Leadership has released a groundbreaking discussion paper on applying data protection principles to GenAI systems 🤖😎 🔗 www.informationpolicycentre.com/uploads/5/7/...

Interesting news coming out of US ⬇️ Is time ticking for Americans who like TikTok? 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 The Annual Legal Tech Conference in the Aviva Stadium 🏟️ proved to be an interesting day of exchanging ideas. #LaToucheTraining #LegalTech

🌐 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: ⁉️What is a child’s rights based approach to implementing the UNGPs✳️ in the Digital Environment? 🆕 The B-Tech Project and UNICEF have released a briefing analysing the protection of children’s rights in the digital age 🔗 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

"The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to engage in disordered eating behaviors, from recommending dangerously low-calorie diets and excessive exercise routines to chastising them for healthy weights." futurism.com/character-ai...

A new era of transparency and accountability begins this week. The first 19 very large online platforms and search engines must publish risk assessment and audit reports under the Digital Services Act. The reports address risks like disinformation and protection of minors ↓ europa.eu/!MqRFdQ

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 Recent case in Germany saw a fathers complaint regarding the processing of their location data being dismissed due Household Exemption (Art. 2(2)(c) GDPR) - 🧵 ⤵️⤵️ 🔗 360.lexisnexis.at/d/u_verwaltu...

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 ⚠️Does the revised EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) bring about any changes for child safeguarding online? What about the AI Liability Directive? We hear about dangers of AI for children - yet what safeguards are being put in place within these new laws? A 🧵

🌟 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 - this 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞- 🎮Glasgow Children’s Hosptial employes a 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! Stephen Mair ⬇️ see video explains his role- www.instagram.com/reel/DCbeDwC... Cool eg of tech used empower&help children at difficult times in their lives- donation page 🔗 lnkd.in/eWgivaMR

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 UK ICO published important new research 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔- detailing complex online experiences of children aged 9-17, revealing critical findings re young people interact with data and privacy in the digital world 🔗 ico.org.uk/media/about-...

Child Safeguarding Update- 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 📝 This article sets out the recent Irish Court of Appeal decision 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘷 𝘏𝘚𝘌, which provides much needed clarification for clinicians working in historic disclosures - #IrishResearch #IrishLaw #ChildSafeguarding www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/in-d...

‼️ 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞: 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 📄 I had the benefit of working w/ Dr Joe Mooney UCD- who has expertise in this area ⚖️ We looked at #DataProtection and Policy tensions in #MandatoryReporting regimes in Ireland ⬇️ See here ⬇️

Starter Pack 🔗 🚸𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 - looking for content for upcoming book of the same title - due July 2025 📚 any inspo greatly appreciated ⤵️ go.bsky.app/RBM2BUm

Will you be in Dublin on 28 November? 👧🏼 I will be speaking about 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 🚸In particular I will address 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵- 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 See more here 🔗 lnkd.in/eD6MaabY

⁉️𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬? (Is there a Duty of Care ?) Commentary from Australia: “There needs to be a clear duty of care, and companies need to be much more transparent. This needs to be coupled with a legislative framework that upholds and promotes the rights of children” 🔗⬇️ see