Final reminder & access link: Children’s Rights Alliance Online Safety Conference

Tuesday, 23rd November 2021: 10.30 am – 1 pm 

Link to online event

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82413693742?pwd=RWtkM2c1aEdDN1hPRTBYSjhXZnMxQT09

Passcode: 143497

Webinar ID: 824 1369 3742

The following spokespeople/speakers are available for interview:

Leanda Barrington-Leach, Head of EU Affairs at 5Rights Foundation on…

  • The issues children and young people face online and the solutions that can make a difference – including the need for platforms to adopt a ‘safety by design’ approach
  • What is happening at an EU level in terms of regulation of big tech and social media companies
  • What member states need to do to make the internet a safer space for children
  • Children’s rights in the digital world (UN General Comment 25).

Denise Charlton, CEO of the Community Foundation for Ireland
(the 123onlinesafety campaign is supported by the Community Foundation via the RTE Comic Relief Fund)

Tanya Ward, Chief Executive, Children’s Rights Alliance

Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids

Ian Power, CEO of SpunOut.ie

Noeline Blackwell, CEO of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Fiona Jennings, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, ISPCC

Young people:

  • Niamh (17) from Donegal (Foroige) on safety measures and skills
  • Jo (17) from Tipperary (National Youth Council of Ireland) on how the internet can be used to radicalise young people
  • Alec from Cork (National Youth Council of Ireland).

For interviews please contact Robyn at robyn@cclinic.ie / 087 1368975 OR Sarah at sarahd@cclinic.ie / 085 8535647.

 

Event recap

As part of its ongoing 1,2,3 Online Safety Campaign*, the Children’s Rights Alliance is hosting a high-profile Online Safety Conference to bring together leading experts and professionals working in online safety and regulation, as well as digital rights and education.

The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill presents an opportunity for Government to deliver these measures, and before this important Bill becomes law the #123OnlineSafety national campaign’s conference is allowing all those outside of Leinster House to have their voices heard.

The #123OnlineSafety national campaign is calling for critical changes in the area of online safety to make the internet a safer and more positive space for children and young people. This includes:

  • The establishment of an effectively resourced Online Safety Commissioner with appropriate strong powers
  • The inclusion of an individual complaints mechanism so young people and families have somewhere to go for help when a platform does not act efficiently or effectively on an issue
  • A strong definition of harm that is clear and independent of the platforms
  • Effective and resourced educational and awareness programmes.

Running order (subject to change):

10.30 am Welcome by Chair

Tom Maher, Director of Services, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and Chair of the Children’s Rights Alliance Board

 

10.35 am Introduction to 1,2,3 Online Safety Campaign and Why We Are Here Today

Denise Charlton, CEO of the Community Foundation for Ireland
(the campaign is supported by the Community Foundation via RTE Comic Relief Fund)

 

10.40 am Keynote Address: Leanda Barrington-Leach, Head of EU Affairs at 5Rights Foundation plus Q&A
11.20 am Youth panel with representatives from Young Social Innovators, Foróige, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, National Youth Council

 

12.20 pm Deputy Niamh Smyth: Key recommendations from the Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Report following pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

 

12.40 pm Closing Remarks from Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance & Q&A
1 pm Close

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