WhatsApp photos, iMessage texts and Snapchat videos could all be scanned by the EU, under new proposed child protection laws.
In 2023, more than 29-thousand recorded incidents of child sexual abuse were recorded in Ireland.
It also comes as the UK is set to become the first country to make AI-generated child abuse material a crime.
Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times Business and Technology Correspondent, says end-to-end encryption can protect children: