{"id":97635,"date":"2025-11-25T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=97635"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:36:47","slug":"malaysia-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s-from-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/malaysia-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s-from-2026\/97635\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to ban Social Media for under-16s from 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:551b7ae6-f35c-49b0-a485-80a4e30d7045-42\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e96eaec8-6225-4605-8aa9-30ef0ab3b1dc\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"330\">Malaysia is planning a major shift in its digital rules, set to bar anyone under 16 from using social media starting in 2026. The move aims to protect children from online dangers like cyberbullying, financial scams, and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"635\">Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil confirmed the plan on November 23, 2025. He said the government is studying how other countries, including Australia, enforce age limits. The goal is to make social media safer for young users. He also urged tech companies to comply with the new rule by next year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"889\">The decision comes amid growing global concern over social media\u2019s impact on children\u2019s mental health. Platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, Google, and Meta are facing lawsuits in the U.S. over claims that they contribute to a youth mental health crisis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"1226\">Malaysia\u2019s approach follows similar moves worldwide. Australia will deactivate accounts for users under 16 next month. European nations like France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece are testing age verification apps. Indonesia also considered a minimum age but instead focused on filtering harmful content and stricter verification.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1623\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Malaysian government has recently increased scrutiny of social media, citing harmful content linked to online gambling and sensitive topics like race, religion, and royalty. A regulation that took effect in January now requires platforms with over eight million Malaysian users to obtain a licence. This ban is the latest step in the country\u2019s effort to control online risks for young users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia is planning a major shift in its digital rules, set to bar anyone under 16 from using social media\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":97636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}