Irish Internet Hotline
@hotline-ie.bsky.social
Ireland's national centre for reporting illegal & harmful online content. Our mission is to create a safer internet for everyone, especially children. Report now: https://hotline.ie/
Our CEO Mick Moran joined Episode 54 of Is It Just Us? with Debbie Cullinane and Hayley Rice to discuss online safety, harmful content, grooming, sextortion, and how algorithms can expose young people to unsafe material online today. Listen here; open.spotify.com/episode/161U...
Highlights from our Annual Report Launch: “The Work You Don’t See.” Thank you to Eir for hosting, and to our speakers, members & guests for joining an important conversation on tackling harmful online content and building a safer internet, especially for children.
independent.ie/irish-news/politics/use-of-ai-tools-to-produce-sexual-images-an-attack-on-human-dignity-as-regulator-raises-concerns-with-eu-over-grok/a36425079.html Our CEO spoke with the @independent.ie yesterday.
Use of AI tools to produce sexual images an ‘attack on human dignity’ as regulator raises concerns with EU over Grok
There have been renewed calls for a ban on all AI tools that can produce sexual images of children and adults after X’s AI tool Grok was used to digitally “undress” people online.
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Irish Internet Hotline supports calls to ban "nudify" apps or similar AI tools that can produce deepfake imagery of children or adults. Read our full statement here: hotline.ie/statement-fr...
STATEMENT FROM IRISH INTERNET HOTLINE ON CALLS TO BAN AI NUDIFY APPS – Hotline
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Last week we shared simple steps to help keep kids safe online. This week we go deeper. Our latest blog looks at the real risks young people face online, how grooming starts, warning signs for parents, and how to talk to kids without panic. hotline.ie/teaching-kid...
Teaching Kids to Stay Safe Online: Conversations, Digital Skills + Warning Signs Parents need to know – Hotline
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According to UN figures, 90–95% of deepfakes are sexual images of women and girls. Sharing intimate images without consent, including AI-generated ones, is image-based sexual abuse. Under Coco’s Law, this is a criminal offence. If this happens to you, report it to us.
On #IDPD, we’re reminded that online safety must include everyone. Disabled people face extra risks when platforms aren’t accessible or protective. Inclusive design, safety‑by‑default & accessible reporting can help build a digital world that respects dignity & rights for all.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... IIH CEO @mickmoran.bsky.social spoke with @rteprimetime.bsky.social about the risk of children being groomed on gaming platforms such as Roblox. The full episode airs tonight at 9.35pm on RTE 1 and the RTE Player.
Senior garda warns of 'alarming' scale of child grooming in games
Amid growing concerns over child safety on Roblox, one of the most popular gaming platforms among primary school pupils, Prime Time set up test accounts and spent roughly 12 hours playing on the platf...
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Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Online abuse is real-world harm, and many forms are offences under Irish law. As the Irish Internet Hotline, we’re here to help. Report suspected illegal content at hotline.ie.
We’re opening our doors! For the first time since 1999, Hotline.ie is launching a national cross-sector membership drive to build a coordinated online-safety alliance across Ireland’s digital ecosystem.
“How modern pornography is warping young minds and fuelling criminal pathways.” In this opinion piece, IIH CEO Mick Moran explains how algorithmic escalation from legal content can lead, sometimes unknowingly, to illegal and harmful behavior. www.thejournal.ie/readme/onlin...
The hidden harm: How modern pornography is warping young minds and fuelling criminal pathways
Mick Moran of the Irish Internet Hotline reporting service tackles the difficult topic of the growing use of violent and abusive online pornography.
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"..boys today face a push-pull dynamic: pushed out of a real world that often feels hostile, and pulled into a virtual world that feels more rewarding and controllable, but that is designed to addict and exploit them." A critical look at online gambling: www.afterbabel.com/p/smartphone...
Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster
We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets
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A look back at last week’s launch of the Irish Internet Hotline Annual Report 2024 📸 Grateful to our partners, speakers - Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan TD, Prof Mary Aiken, IIH CEO Mick Moran - and attendees for their support in advancing online safety and child protection. #HotlineAR2024
A Derry Doctor gets community service for possesion of #CSAM. Community service? What of his engagement with the online world that produced this material? What of the children who's abuse sexually excited him? The Police and the courts to take these cases more seriously. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alan Trevor Campbell: Community service for GP who had 200 child abuse images
Alan Trevor Campbell from Newbuildings was sentenced to 75 hours community service.
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🚨 Reports today of a scam involving EIR customers. They claim to have blocked your account because YOU have failed to accept their TOS. Don't bother clicking the link - it's a #phishing page that looks for your details. 🤷 Report, Remove, Resolve
#Roblox changed their platform after the "hellscape" report from late last year by #HindenburgRes But have they done enough or just abdicated responsibility towards parents? #investors -v- #childsafety hindenburgresearch.com/roblox/
Roblox: Inflated Key Metrics For Wall Street And A Pedophile Hellscape For Kids – Hindenburg Research
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Hey! Safer Internet Day is this day next week. Are you involved❓ hotline.ie is proudly part of Ireland's Safer Internet centre and we'll be flat out with our partners to deliver for you. 🏗️ PREPARE**PROTECT**THRIVE #SID2025 #saferinternetday @webwiseireland.bsky.social ISPCC and NPC
This is just the next step in the roll-back of moderation in the large online companies. Never forget that moderation is a cost to the bottom line and is therefore to be avoided at all costs. Trust and Safety should be an obligation and a cost of doing business rather than a switch.
Great article by @cormacokeeffe.bsky.social in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social quoting us and partners #ISPCC and #CARI calling attention to legislative and procedural lacunae for online child sexual abuse and exploitation crime in #Ireland #saferinternetcenter www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Calls for sentencing reform as online child sex abusers walk free
Long jail terms handed down for serious child abuse cases in the North are being contrasted with often suspended sentences in the Republic, with advocates including ISPCC and Cari calling for reform
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