Researchers masquerading as an 11-year-old girl called Aoife signed up to social media app Kik. ‘The phones are getting smarter, but are we?’The broadcast and reportage around the court case sparked a public debate around the digital age of consent. The need for a digital safety commissioner is urgentLast year, the Irish Government agreed that the digital age of consent should be 13. Adults, too, are undergoing an education in digital safety and etiquette. It is understood that the new digital safety commissioner role will be modelled on similar positions that have been established in New Zealand and Australia.