Children’s Digital Safety: What Cabinet Resolution No. 106 of 2026 Requires

Digital transformation has taken a new turn, with children now exposed to social media platforms. Earlier, students did not have iPads or tablets at school, but these days schools prefer to teach children through the internet. Though it is resourceful, children’s safety should be prioritised. The implementation of Cabinet Resolution No. (106) of 2026, on Child Digital Safety Law, ensures children’s access to social media in the UAE. They can make their social media accounts at the age of 15, but their age should be verified by platforms. Violations of social media platforms may result in the account being blocked. The new law places greater responsibility on social media platforms to protect young users. Therefore, a very stronger privacy safeguards are introduced and implemented. These measures will reduce online risks, and create a safer digital environment for children living in UAE.

It is crucial to have parental control on the internet because children use social media platforms for fun activities. Under the Child Digital Safety Law, data collection is restricted for young children. The new law strengthens accountability for online services used by minors. It creates a check on service providing platforms to have age checks and accountability features. Suitable content control checks and filtrations should be installed on social media platforms. Assistance with experts can also provide good and useful knowledge.

Adolescents under 15 years are not permitted to create a personal social media account. This is not about parental control, but the internet is vast, and children’s safety is crucial on digital platforms.

Children’s access to social media in the UAE may begin at the age of 15 years. Parental tools are available on websites. It allows parents to see the engaging activity of their children, while keeping them safe from cybercrimes.

All digital platforms ask for age to determine whether the user can access their platform or if restrictions should be added to their account.

There are digital platforms in the UAE that do not rely on the manual information given by the user. They would track the user’s age through a reliable system, ensuring accuracy with the estimated age. Those strategies are used to estimate the age for children’s access to social media in the UAE. Modern AI systems can also help these platforms to track the right information.

Digital platforms should collect limited data as per the children’s age. There shall not be unrelated content available on their social media accounts. It is a good step to keep children safe from crimes happening on social media. Moreover, it supports the resolution where the age of children is restricted, and platforms have to filter information for the young ones.

The social media platforms should have legal restriction policies.

There would be sign-ups all day. Previously, all users could access the website. As the new resolution has been implemented, existing accounts should be disabled, especially if used by an underage child.

UAE social media age limit is 15 years and above. It includes children and adults. Brands advertise on social media more than on billboards. However, advertising is restricted on young children’s social media accounts. It aims to protect children from engaging in commercial activities.

The compliance window is for one year. Social media platforms should comply with the resolution within 12 months. Violations of the resolution can lead to financial penalties for those companies. The timeline to comply with the resolution is given to ensure all technical and regulatory matters for smooth implementation on digital platforms.

The UAE authorities have warned social media platforms. Violating any rule of the resolution will result in penalties, including blocking access for users on the site or completely banning the platform. Children’s online safety in the UAE has been made possible with the minimum age social media UAE laws.

Absolutely! The legal resolution is created to protect children from cybercrimes. However, parents should also understand that their child cannot use social media until 15 years of age. Further, they must ensure they use parental tools on platforms for children between 15 and 16 years.

The social media accounts shall be handled carefully. Often, parents think that their consent is enough to create a social media account for the child. It is not true. The child should be at least 15 years of age before they can make their own social media account. Also, the platforms have to ensure a strict age verification process by asking certain questions on the website. All rules are the same for the platform, from wherever they are operating. Nevertheless, the rules take time to implement due to technical and regulatory affairs. Therefore, UAE authorities have given 12 months to social media platforms for compliance. It means they should start working on compliance rules rather than wait for a year.

The legal resolution passed by the authorities has proven a serious concern for cybercrimes. It has also highlighted the importance of children’s safety on digital platforms. However, the Child Digital Safety Law has been made specific with respect to age and verification standards. Ensuring compliance standards, these social media platforms are given a year to work on the regulatory and technical systems. The legal experts would advise digital media to start complying with the Cabinet Resolution.

Access to social media is limited for children across the world. Currently, the UAE legislation raises serious concerns about child digital safety laws. Therefore, the Cabinet Resolution No. (106) of 2026 has been introduced. Under this resolution, a child below 15 years of age cannot make a social media account. However, children between 15 and 16 can make social media accounts with parental controls. Such steps taken by the authorities keep families safe from digital scams. Every social media platform should comply with the resolution within one year.