A local Senator has welcomed the progress of the Protection of Children Bill which passed its second stage in the Seanad last week. Independent Senator Ronan Mullen has called on the Government to enact the bill before the next general election.
If the bill is passed it would put an obligation on website controllers and app store services to carry out age verification to ensure that people under 18 would not be able to access pornographic material online. Speaking to the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, Senator Mullen said that while enforcement would still be difficult, it's important to put as many obstacles in the way as possible:
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