Requirements on Social Media Platforms to Ensure Age-appropriate Use In Addition to Efforts to Raise Public Awareness

Mr Saktiandi Supaat asked the Minister for Digital Development and Information in light of Australia's recent move to ban social media for children under 16 and Albania's announcement to shut down TikTok for at least a year, whether the Ministry is considering complementing the existing educational and counselling toolkit with regulatory interventions, such as requiring social media platforms to customise age-appropriate versions of their content for Singaporean children and teenagers.

I thank Mr Saktiandi for his question, which I have answered in the reply to the Parliamentary Questions filed by Ms Foo Mee Har and Mr Pritam Singh at the Sitting of 7 January 2025. [Please refer to "Examining Australia's Move on Social Media Ban for Those Aged 16 and Below", Official Report, 7 January 2025, Vol 95, Issue 148, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

I invite him to seek clarification, if any, on my reply.