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Emine Erdogan host NATO leaders' wives dem for discussion on pikin, technology and security
Di First Lady of Türkiye, Emine Erdogan, host di spouses of di heads of state and government wey come Ankara for di 36th NATO Summit for Cankaya Palace.
Emine Erdogan host NATO leaders' wives dem for discussion on pikin, technology and security
Turkey first lady, Emine Erdogan, dey host the husbands and wives of heads of state and government wey dey attend the 36th NATO Summit for Ankara, on July 8, 2026. / َAA

Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan host di spouses of NATO leaders for Ankara Cankaya Mansion to yarn about important mata wey concern youth digital safety, as di capital dey host one historic two-day summit.

Di high-level round table discussion concentrate wella on how to protect di next generation from di changing dangers wey dey come from technology and security.

Prominent people wey attend share urgent insights about how di quick-changing digital world dey change modern childhood and education for many countries.

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Based on dis kain worry, spouses of some European leaders call for one united international policy to fight cyberbullying, disinformation, and di psychological wahala wey screen dependency fit cause. Dem talk say to protect vulnerable youth from hybrid manipulation, we need balance between to enjoy di benefits of technology and to bring dem back to proper real-life experiences.

Di Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan host di spouses of di visiting NATO leaders for one round table wey theme na "Children, Technology and Security: Protecting the Next Generation" on di side-line of di NATO summit wey happen for Ankara on July 8.

Erdogan greet each one wey come personally when dem show for Cankaya Palace.

Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, talk say France dey try limit how much children dey use screens for school as much as dem fit.

"For example, wetin you read for screen no get the same effect for our brain as wetin you read for book. Why we dey limit these things? Because we don realise some things. Because na different kind teaching dem be. We no want make pikin dem dey exposed to screens from small," she talk.

Macron add say pikin dem dey see fake videos wey "fit deceive everybody," and she add, "We need to deal with tomorrow world today. Di problem dey before us. We dey watch how e dey grow. And we need to tame am."

On top wetin artificial intelligence dey bring, Macron talk say for France dem dey tell students make dem careful for dia career choice, and she say, "We tell dem make dem choose their profession accordingly. Development dey very rapid. People dey fear. E hard to know where e dey go now."

Dopamine-focused digital era

Diana Nausediene, wife of di President of Lithuania, talk say everybody agree say di virtual world must be safe for pikin dem, and sey pikin dem must dey protected against cyberbullying, disinformation and hybrid manipulation.

Nausediene emphasise say policymakers must work together with communities, and she talk, "We dey face one fundamental challenge, and we need international efforts."

She also say NATO allies suppose join hand to protect younger generations from hybrid manipulations, and she warn say young people be "di most vulnerable group to disinformation."

For call to action about modern childhood, Urska Bacovnik Jansa, wife of Slovenia Prime Minister Janez Jansa, warn say today pikin dem dey lose themselves for one "dopamine-focused digital world" wey dey push instant gratification.

As she yarn about di wahala to raise pikin for smartphone era, Bacovnik Jansa stress di urgent need to bring younger generation back to value of things wey dem fit touch for real life.

"We need to tell dem say di joy wey dey come when you create something with our own hands and say di simplest things sometimes na di hardest to achieve," she talk.

Di Finnish President wife, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, talk say di digital world get plenty benefit and say young people dey use social media to stay connected, socialise, learn and get information.

Innes-Stubb point to di danger wey disinformation dey cause, and she say for many pikin dem di digital world don turn "part of daily life" and every minute more pikin dey enter dis world.