Facebook partners with ministry of women and child development to promote online safety

In an attempt to ramp up its efforts towards online safety, Facebook India on Tuesday announced that it has forged a content partnership with the ministry of women and child development (MWCD) to co-create a digital literacy program which will help build awareness among new online users. The focus will be on empowering women and teenagers with right information and tools to help them better navigate the complex world of social media which poses threat of hate speech, misinformation, online abuse and bullying.

Launched at the second edition of Facebook South Asia’s Safety Summit held in New Delhi on 19 November, Facebook, which has close to 300 million users in India, said that it has launched a comic series under #CreateCareConnect illustrated by a young Delhi-based doodler, @neha.doodles which aims to educate young users about online safety in a simple and engaging way.