MyDigital ID age checks considered to block under 16s on social media, says Teo

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Malaysia is considering making MyDigital ID mandatory for social media companies to block users under 16 from creating accounts, Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said.  She told the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Nov 24) that the government and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) are in talks with major platforms on implementing stricter age-verification measures.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/9f23jmn4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thank you, Dr. Timbalan Speaker.

00:03So, I would like to say that the government is that the government is in which the government is

00:12that the government has spoken to children about 16-year-old children in the age of 16.

00:16They are going to have a social media account.

00:20So, how do the government will do it, especially from the platform of the international community

00:28such as TikTok, how do they will be able to do it.

00:34Yang Mohamad, Menteri, silakan.

00:35Thank you, Dr. Yeni Pertua.

00:39Thank you, Dr. Yeni Pertua. Thank you, Dr. Melaka, for the question that is very good.

00:41I feel that Malaysia is not the first country that is the same thing

00:46in which we have to have the ability to open social media account for 16 years.

00:54Sebenarnya, Australia telah mula usaha atau inisiatif sedemikian.

00:59Dan pada bulan Desember yang akan datang ini, sepatutlah semua social media platform kat Australia

01:05mereka tutup account, pemegang account sekiranya pemegang account itu adalah berumur 16 ke bawah.

01:13Saya rasa mechanism untuk melaksana ini, melaksana inisiatif ini, MCMC dan juga kerajaan

01:19termasuklah Kementerian Komunikasi akan teruslah berbincang dengan platform provider.

01:26Setakat ini, cara yang digunapakai oleh Australia yang juga digunapakai oleh platform provider

01:34adalah assessment.

01:36Mereka akan buat assessment untuk mengguna pasti ataupun sama ada pengguna

01:42ataupun pemegang account itu umur mereka adalah lebih daripada 16 tahun.

01:48Tetapi cadangan daripada kerajaan sekarang adalah kita nak guna MyDigitalID

01:53sebagai salah satu tool ataupun salah satu mekanisme untuk menggesarkan umur seseorang

02:00pengguna social media ini.

02:03Jadi ini akanlah kita bincang secara lebih lanjut dengan platform provider

02:07supaya kita juga bolehlah memastikan bahawa mereka yang berumur 16 ke bawah ini

02:13tidak memiliki account social media.

02:16Sekian jawapan saya. Terima kasih.

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