City Desk
Islamabad: Meta hosted the Digital Tahafuzz Summit with the Ministry of IT & Telecom, the Ministry of Human Rights, PTA, SMPRA, the National Commission on the Rights of Child and Zindagi Trust. Policymakers, educators, parents, civil society representatives and creators discussed how to keep young people safe online while preserving the benefits of social media.
Topics included privacy, age-appropriate design, default safeguards and a workable, privacy-preserving age-assurance framework for Pakistan. Participants also considered a national digital safety education effort backed by industry, and how Pakistan could lead the region on evidence-based youth-safety policy.
Meta launched Digital Dialogues in Real Life, a free browser-based tool helping teens, parents and educators discuss everyday online situations. It explains Teen Accounts, which limit who can contact teens and what content they see. Teens under 16 need parental permission to loosen content settings.
IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja said safety must be built into technology, supported by digital literacy and shared responsibility. Meta’s Yuen Ting Chay stressed conversations between teens and trusted adults, while PTA Chairman Maj Gen (R) Hafeez Ur Rehman reaffirmed the authority’s commitment to digital awareness.
