Make Online Safety a Priority in the next Programme for Government
Children and young people use the internet for entertaimnet and education, but the web can be a threatening and dangerous place. With the Children’s Rights Alliance, Barnardos, CyberSafe Ireland, ISPCC, One in Four and SpunOut, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is calling on the next Government to play a key role in educating and empowering young people to be safe online and making the digital world a safer place for them to be.
We are calling on our political parties as they negotiate a new Programme for Government to put online safety to the top of their agenda by:
- establishing a Digital Safety Commissioner;
- ensuring that digital rights and online safety are central to the next Children and Young People’s Strategy;
- introducing a comprehensive digital literacy programme in formal and non-formal education and
- effectively resourcing the Gardai to investigate crimes involving images of child sex abuse.
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