The Finance Minister gave a victim impact statement to court about the impact of threats levelled against him and his family.

It comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's Grok bot on X, which has allowed users to publicly undress people in images, including children.

Charlie Joyce died in hospital hours after colliding with another scrambler bike in Ballymena in June 2022.

The tech giant has unveiled a range of new tools, including a nudity filter in direct messages and working with other firms on finding bad actors.

It comes despite a plea from the Department of Education earlier this week for social media firms to increase their minimum age to 16

Safeguarding consultant and former senior garda Michael Lynch said it is important to make people feel comfortable with reporting any concerns they have about child safety

This serious action is only permitted when there is an “immediate and serious risk” to the child if they remain at home