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Federal National Council Affairs; Shamma bint Suhail Al 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.

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

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