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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sean Murphy

Warning to Irish parents after sexual images end up in primary school kids' Snapchat group

Experts are using Safer Internet Day to highlight the vital importance of child safety online after some kids were exposed to sexual images in a messaging group.

The joint messaging from Ireland's online safety charity Cyber Safe Kids and the National Parents’ Council carries statistics to show children’s relationship with the web.

A spokesperson for their Same Rules Apply campaign said: “Some 50% of children surveyed said they ‘spend too much time online’.

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