Advocacy Group Questions Department of Education's Decision to Post Images on X - 13/01/2026

A prominent privacy-rights advocacy group has queried the Department of Education's use of social media site X and its decision to post images of children on the platform.Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has asked what precautions under GDPR the department has taken in terms of its posting to the Elon Musk-owned site in the wake of revelations X is offering a service to paid subscribers allowing the digital alteration of images shared to X.A recent investigation by content analysis firm Copyleaks claimed that X users were, as of December 31, generating “roughly one nonconsensual sexualised image per minute”.Chairperson of Digital Rights Ireland and Law Lecturer in UCD, TJ McIntyre, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.