Dear Parent/Guardian,

 

We would like to hear what you think about video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.  How safe are they for our children? Do we need more guidelines or policies that would ensure our children can view and upload videos safely?  Can we be sure that our children and young people won’t be harmed or influenced in a negative way?

 

Ireland has recently appointed a Commission for Online Safety (Coimisiún na Meán) and they are developing a set of rules that video-sharing platforms and video content creators will need to abide by and have asked us what type of rules or regulations we think parents would want.  We would very much like to hear your views on this and help the Commission develop policies that are workable for families in Ireland. 

 

The survey will be open from today and will close at midnight next Wednesday, 30th August.  You can access it here.  

 

We are also very keen to hear the voices of our children and young people, and we also have a survey just for them.  You can take a look at the survey here and if you are happy with the content and the questions it asks, we would be grateful if you might encourage them to participate.  

 

Again, this survey will be open from today and will close at midnight next Wednesday, 30th August.  You can access the children's survey here. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this important survey!