Internet Safety Talk for Students and Parents

Internet Safety Talk for Students and Parents

On Thursday 19th April Scoil Ruáin held a series of talks for students and parents on the topic of “Protecting your Children in the Digital Age”. These were presented by Jason O’Mahony from CODA. Jason is an experienced investigator and a Masters of Sciences Graduate in Forensic Computing and Cyber Crime Investigation. The purpose of the talks was to highlight the many dangers children face online today. Topics covered included Cyber Bullying, Child Exploitation, Grooming, Sexting, Sexploitation to mention a few. The talks were very well received by all who heard them and they proved very informative as to the challenges facing both young and old in the digital world today.