Abuja, Nigeria, June, 2026 — Meta today hosted the Nigeria Youth
Safety Summit at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, bringing together
government officials, civil society organisations, parents, educators,
creators and youth leaders to discuss digital wellbeing priorities,
strengthen partnerships, and promote safer online experiences. The
summit, co-hosted with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development,
showcased Meta’s ongoing investments in youth safety through built-in
protections, parental supervision tools, and digital literacy resources
designed to help teens navigate the digital world safely and
confidently.
Through keynote presentations, the Parents Learn & Brunch session held
in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development, and panel discussions featuring parent creators and parents
participants explored practical approaches to supporting safer online
engagement. The summit also reinforced the importance of
multi-stakeholder collaboration in advancing digital wellbeing and
online safety for young people.
“At Meta, our goal is to provide teens with safe, age-appropriate online
experiences, and events like the Nigeria Youth Safety Summit reflect our
commitment to promoting safer and more positive digital experiences for
teens. With products such as Teen Accounts, Meta is putting the right
protections in place so teens can explore their interests and express
their creativity in a safe, age-appropriate space. We will continue to
build the safety features and tools that families need to support young
people online.”- said Sylvia Musalagani, Head of Safety Policy, EMEA at
Meta.
At the centre of Meta’s youth safety efforts are Teen Accounts, a
reimagined experience across Meta’s apps designed specifically for
teenagers. Teen Accounts include built-in protections that address
parents’ concerns by promoting age-appropriate experiences, limiting
unwanted contact, and encouraging healthier digital habits. Teen
Accounts are turned on automatically for all teens, with built-in
protections including private accounts, the strictest messaging
settings, sensitive content restrictions, limited interactions
(tagging/mentions only from people they follow), time limit reminders
after 60 minutes each day, and sleep mode between 10 PM and 7 AM. Teens
under 16 need a parent’s permission to change any of these settings to
be less strict.
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“Child online safety is one of our central pillars and we are
steadfast in our mandate to safeguard the Nigerian child from
technology-enabled violence. Children cannot navigate the complexities
of the online world without informed adults guiding them because safety
begins with the parents. Safety is a shared tripartite responsibility
between parents, technological industries, and government. That is the
fundamental premise of today’s summit, a hands-on walk through of
parental supervision tools and Teen Accounts. We appreciate Meta for the
collaboration and for creating a platform for these important
conversations.”- said Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Honourable
Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Federal Republic of
Nigeria
Meta also provides parents with more ways to oversee their teens’ online
experiences through enhanced parental supervision tools. These features
allow parents to receive notifications when their teen reports content,
as well as to gain insights into who their teen has been messaging.
Parents can also set daily time limits for Instagram use, schedule
breaks at specific times of day or night, and monitor the
age-appropriate content topics their teen chooses to engage with based
on their interests.
“I want to thank Meta for this great achievement. At the ministry, one
of the things we provide to all Nigerians is the skills to succeed in
this digital world while making sure we protect them against emerging
threats. We see a strong connection between the objectives of this
summit and the goals of our National Youth Data Protection and Awareness
Training Programme. We believe that keeping young people safe online is
a shared responsibility. Government, technology companies, schools,
parents, social organisations, community groups, and young people
themselves all have a role to play. We encourage Meta to make the tools,
guides, and learning materials from this initiative more widely
available so that young people across Nigeria can continue to benefit
from this laudable summit.” – said Ayodele Olawande, Honourable Minister
For Youth Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Through a series of conversations centred around youth online safety and
wellbeing, the summit provided a platform for dialogue,
knowledge-sharing, and collective action aimed at strengthening
partnerships and advancing a shared vision for youth online safety.
For more information on Teen Accounts, Family Center and Meta’s youth
safety resources, visit Meta’s Family Center [1].
