Kuala Lumpur: Online safety aspects, especially for children under the age of 13, need to be emphasised by parents, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
He said parents should always monitor their children’s social media accounts because at such a young age they could be easily influenced by inappropriate cultures.“If there are children under 13 years old, prohibit them from having social media accounts because we see that at that age they are quite easily influenced by certain trends and in terms of mental development, there is still much they need to go through,” he said.
Fahmi also said his ministry would meet with the Ministry of Education in the near future to discuss the matter besides examining several issues that could be collaborated on.He said the Communications Ministry would also propose an awareness campaign to be held in schools, which would be attended by social media platform operators.
On another matter, Fahmi said the MCMC had blocked accounts of individuals spreading the teachings of The Ahmadi Religion of Light and Peace on social media and had contacted Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar regarding the issue.
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