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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.
As the Irish Internet Hotline, we’re here to help.
Report suspected illegal content at hotline.ie.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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.
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.
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.
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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.
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.
www.thejournal.ie
August 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“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...
"..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...
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
www.afterbabel.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"..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...
A critical look at online gambling:
www.afterbabel.com/p/smartphone...
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
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
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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
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...
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.
www.bbc.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
🚨 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
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
March 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 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
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/
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
hindenburgresearch.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#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/
But have they done enough or just abdicated responsibility towards parents?
#investors -v- #childsafety
hindenburgresearch.com/roblox/
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
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
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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
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.
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.
January 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.
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...
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
www.irishexaminer.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
