{
  "id": 4609215,
  "title": "IHC seeks replies from ministries, Pemra, PTA on plea seeking to regulate children's social media use",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026379/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking-to-regulate-childrens-social-media-use"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a notice to several ministries and authorities, including the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), seeking their responses within 15 days on a petition. The petition, filed by Waqas Nasir, seeks a comprehensive legal framework to regulate social media use by children under 16 years of age, including an effective age-verification mechanism for social media accounts. The petition argues that legislation is urgently required to protect children from cyberbullying, online harassment, and harmful or inappropriate content on social media platforms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "IHC seeks replies from ministries, Pemra, PTA on plea seeking regulation of social media use by children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:56:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "IHC seeks response on social media curbs for children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-response-on-social-media-curbs-for-children",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:30:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}