LAHORE: The district administration and Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) on Saturday jointly launched ‘Hamara Internet Mahfooz Internet’ project to hold a series of digital safety and literacy sessions at different public schools in the city.

Deputy Commissioner Rafia Haider and DRF executive director Nighat Dad signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at educating and build the capacity of young adults, says a press release.

“The DRF has recognized the critical need for digital literacy amongst young adults. Millions of young people are active internet users but are unaware of the emerging digital threats they face on the internet.”

Ms Haider praised the initiative particularly for public sector schools and said that the conversation around online safety and digital literacy are still relatively new and used to happen in private schools mostly. “We hope these sessions will be a learning curve for students and teachers who we plan to engage through the Hamara Internet project,” she said.

Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2023