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Mazrui, Minister of Community Empowerment; Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of

Education; Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and

Emiratisation, and Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Sana

bint Mohammed Suhail, Minister of Family; Dr. Sultan bin Saif Al Neyadi, Minister of

State for Youth Affairs; Hajer Ahmed Al Thehli, Secretary-General of the Education,

Human Development and Community Development Council; Abdulla bin Mohammed

bin Butti Al Hamed, Chairman of the National Media Authority; Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al

Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Government Cybersecurity Council; Eng. Majid Sultan Al

Mesmar, Director-General of the Telecommunications and Digital Government

Regulatory Authority; and Brigadier Dr. Rashid Khalfan Al Dhakhri Rapporteur of the

Digital Wellbeing Council.

Family games

During the meeting, Sana bint Mohammed Suhail, Minister of Family and Chairperson of

the Child Digital Safety Council, presented the latest developments of the national plan
to enhance child digital safety in the UAE.

The plan is implemented within a comprehensive national framework led by the Child

Digital Safety Council in coordination with relevant entities, aiming to transition from

general awareness to an integrated system combining regulation, empowerment, and

strengthened community awareness.

She explained that the plan is based on developing a national system for classifying

digital platforms according to risk assessment, enabling more effective regulation and

ensuring that platforms are subject to proportionate and enforceable obligations aligned

with the level of risk they may pose to child safety.

She added that the first phase will focus particularly on social media platforms and age-

based access management, given their high influence and widespread use among

children, paving the way for a gradual implementation covering other digital services in

accordance with risk assessments.

She explained that empowering families is a cornerstone of this path by providing

simple and practical tools that enhance parents' ability to manage their children's use of

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