{"id":55434,"date":"2026-07-03T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=55434"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:39:02","slug":"uae-announces-national-standards-for-childrens-books-films-music-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae-announces-national-standards-for-childrens-books-films-music-and-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Announces National Standards for Children&#8217;s Books, Films, Music, and Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae-approves-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15\/\">social media ban for children under 15<\/a><\/strong>, another change for families is coming in the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country is introducing <strong>national standards for children&#8217;s media content<\/strong>. They will cover social media, digital platforms, books, films, music, and other artistic and media content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Media Authority will introduce two new measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National media content standards guide for children<\/strong> that will explain what content is considered suitable for different age groups and will apply to media organisations, digital platforms, and content creators.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Age classification policy<\/strong>. Similar to film age ratings, but covering social media, digital platforms, books, music, and other media as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/children-watching-movie-cinema-theatre-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said children&#8217;s views will be considered when deciding what content is appropriate for different age groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for <strong>more updates on children&#8217;s online safety<\/strong>? Check out the latest changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/youtube-kid-accounts-are-now-available-in-mena-with-new-parent-controls\/\">YouTube kid accounts are now available in MENA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/whatsapp-introduces-parent-managed-accounts-for-kids-under-13\/\">WhatsApp introduces parent-managed accounts for kids under 13<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/roblox-kids-accounts-are-now-live-worldwide-whats-inside\/\">Roblox kids accounts are now live worldwide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the social media ban for children under 15, another change for families is coming in the UAE. The country is introducing national standards for children&#8217;s media content. They will cover social media, digital platforms, books, films, music, and other artistic and media content. The National Media Authority will introduce two new measures: Officials said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":42886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}},{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}},{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}