en.Wedoany.com Reported - Meta, in partnership with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Youth Development, co-hosted the Nigeria Youth Safety Summit at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Representatives from government, civil society organizations, educational institutions, and youth groups discussed priorities for digital well-being, strengthening partnerships, and promoting safer online experiences. The summit featured keynote speeches, a "Parent Learning and Brunch" session in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, and a panel discussion with parent creators and parent participants. These sessions delved into practical methods for supporting teenagers' safe online engagement and emphasized the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration in advancing youth digital well-being and online safety.
Sylvia Musalagani, Meta's Head of Safety Policy for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, stated that Meta aims to provide teenagers with safe, age-appropriate online experiences. The company is implementing protective measures through products like Teen Accounts and digital literacy resources, allowing young people to explore their interests and express their creativity in safe, age-appropriate spaces. Teen Accounts are Meta's redesigned app experience for teenagers, automatically enabled for all teens with built-in protections: private accounts, strictest message settings, sensitive content restrictions, limited interactions (only tagged or mentioned by people they follow), time limit reminders after 60 minutes of daily use, and a sleep mode between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM. Teens under 16 require parental permission to change these settings.
Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, noted that children's online safety is one of the core pillars of her ministry and emphasized that safety is a shared responsibility among parents, the tech industry, and the government. She thanked Meta for its collaboration, highlighting that the practical experience of parental supervision tools and Teen Accounts was a fundamental premise of the summit. Meta also provides parents with enhanced supervision tools to monitor their teens' online experiences, including receiving notifications when their child reports content, seeing who their child is messaging, setting daily time limits for Instagram use, scheduling breaks during specific periods, and monitoring the age-appropriate content topics their child selects.
Ayodele Olawande, Minister of Youth Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, stated that the summit's goals are closely aligned with the objectives of the ministry's National Youth Data Protection and Awareness Training Programme. He encouraged Meta to make the tools, guides, and learning materials from the event more widely available so that young people across Nigeria can benefit. Through a series of dialogues on youth online safety and well-being, the summit provided a platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collective action, aiming to advance a shared vision for youth online safety.
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