Cyber safety

WHILE the state’s proposal to create a Cybersecurity and Social Media Awareness Council envisages needed interventions to protect children from online harm, the same body’s focus on ‘fake news’ — as described by the government — is cause for concern. Speaking at a recent seminar in Islamabad, the federal information minister said there is a need to raise awareness about the “dangers of fake news”, while also emphasising the need for digital education in schools and colleges. In particular, he said children should be protected from cyberattacks. At the same event, the IT minister observed that…