After Australia, now in Malaysia also children below 16 years of age will not be able to use social media. From next year, the Malaysian government is going to ban children from using social media. The government says that this step is being taken to protect children from the increasing dangers of the digital world. Let us tell you that for some time now there has been a debate all over the world on children’s use of social media and governments of different countries are taking some steps in this direction.
Malaysian government gave this reason
According to reports, Malaysia’s Communications Minister Fahmy Fadzil said that the government is seriously studying how countries like Australia are imposing age limits. He said that Malaysia wants to protect its young users from online threats ranging from cyber bullying to financial scams. Talks are going on with big social media platforms regarding this and it is expected that they will start following this rule from next year. Let us tell you that Indonesia had also planned to set age limit for social media users at the beginning of this year, but later this rule was relaxed.
The debate has been going on for a long time
This is not a new debate regarding children’s social media use. Lawsuits are going on around the world against companies like TikTok, Meta, Google and Snapchat regarding this. These companies have been accused of promoting the increasing mental health crisis among teenagers. Due to this, now different countries are tightening their rules. Australia has taken strict action in this matter and from next month the accounts of children below 16 years of age will be deactivated.
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