Meta is launching the Digital Dialogue IRL, a free interactive experience designed to help teens, parents, educators, and community stakeholders have practical conversations about online safety, social media habits, and digital wellbeing.
Open to the public at Temasek Shophouse from 25 June to 31 July 2026, Digital Dialogue IRL uses visual conversation cards, guided prompts and interactive touch points to bring everyday digital scenarios to life — including screen time, social comparison, feed control, peer pressure, cyberbullying, and healthy online-offline boundaries.
The experience is designed to educate parents and teens about the safety features already built into Teen Accounts across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.
Teen Accounts have default protections in place – settings inspired by 13+ movie ratings and parent feedback, introduced earlier this year. This means teens will see content similar to what they’d see in an age-appropriate movie, and they won’t be able to opt-out without a parent’s permission.
Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Ministry of Health, Rahayu Mahzam said: “Keeping young people safe online is not something any one party can do alone. It requires government, industry, schools, and families working together. What I find encouraging about initiatives like Digital Dialogue IRL is that they help young people develop their own judgement through honest conversations with the trusted adults in their lives. This is the kind of collaboration we need as we build a safer, more discerning digital society.”
Clara Koh, Director of Public Policy, Central Southeast Asia and ASEAN, Meta said: “Digital Dialogue IRL, developed in support of the national Digital for Life movement, creates an engaging space where teens, parents, and educators can talk openly about real digital experiences, better understand the safety tools available to them, and build healthier habits together. When strong platform protections — including the new 13+ content settings we recently introduced — are paired with open family conversations, that’s when digital safety works best.”
Why Conversations Matter: Pilot Findings From Singapore Schools
The launch draws on insights from pilot workshops with 304 students at two Singapore secondary schools. Through visual storytelling and discussion, young people explored digital wellbeing and online identity. Teens in the workshops are 19 percentage points more likely to say they understand the safety tools on their Instagram Teen Account — with familiarity rising from 52% to 71% — suggesting that guided conversations can improve how young people engage with online safety.
The pilot also finds:
- 69% of students agreed the sessions enabled them to have honest, open conversations about social media
- In the post-programme survey, 72% of educators agreed the illustrations were instrumental in helping students engage with complex topics, while 61% said they intend to use the Digital Dialogue resource in their own future teaching.
“Digital Dialogue created a safe and engaging space for our Secondary One students to openly discuss their online experiences and reflect on their digital habits. The illustration-led approach made conversations around social media and wellbeing feel relatable, thoughtful, and highly relevant to our students,” said Premlatha D/O Selvaraj, Vice-Principal, Secondary School, MOE.
“As an athlete, I’ve learnt that what’s going on in your head matters as much as what happens in the pool — staying focused, not measuring yourself against everyone else, and knowing when to switch off and recover,” said Lee Kai Yang, Captain of the Singapore Men’s National Water Polo Team. “The same habits matter online. It helps that Instagram Teen Accounts take some of that pressure off automatically, so young people can spend less energy managing their feeds and more just being present. I hope everyone who comes through Digital Dialogue IRL leaves knowing it’s okay to set boundaries, take a break, and look out for one another — in the pool, in the group chat, everywhere.”
Digital Dialogue IRL is open to the public at Temasek Shophouse from 25 June 2026 to 31 July 2026. Entry is free.
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Research Methodology: Statistics represent aggregated top-two box agreement scores (4 or 5 on a 5-point Likert scale) from 304 pre-survey and 236 post-survey respondents across both schools.
About Digital Dialogue IRL: Developed in partnership with EYEYAH!, an award-winning Singapore illustration studio, Digital Dialogue IRL uses age-appropriate prompts, practical tips and guided reflection to support conversations that can continue at home, in schools and within the wider community.
