“They are easily influenced”- Comms Minister Asks Parents to be Vigilant of Children’s Socmed Usage

Social media is an unfiltered place most of the time and it’s meant for adults to navigate in.

Hence when putting a child into this mixture, it might end up in disaster, especially without the right supervision.

The Minister of Communications, Fahmi Fadzil has advised parents to be wary of their children’s activities online, reported BERNAMA.

Fahmi elaborated on this by urging parents to always check their children’s social media accounts as they are at an impressionable age.

“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.“

The minister adds that his ministry will be meeting the Ministry of Education (MOE) to discuss this matter and also for awareness campaigns to be held in schools while collaborating with social media platform operators.

“Generally, I see that social media platforms are ready to do CSR (corporate social responsibility) together with the ministry to increase awareness among students so that they understand and do not engage in social media at a young age,“ he said.

The Internet is not a very safe place for children, we hope that parents will supervise the content that their children are digesting.

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