Over 80% of parents, nearly 70% of youths back age-based social media access: MDDI
Source: AsiaOne
Published on: 2026-10-24 08:08
Through a series of public engagements, the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) found that more than 80 per cent of parents and nearly 70 per cent of youths supported the Government's proposed tiered approach to social media access for children. In a media factsheet accompanying the release of the Infocomm Media and Development Authority's (IMDA) inaugural Online Safety Assessment Report on Saturday (Oct 24), the ministry said that the findings emerged from engagements with over 2,000 parents and youth from June to August this year. According to MDDI, the engagements included focus group discussions, school dialogues, and a survey on CrowdTaskSG -- a government platform that allows citizens to share feedback and ideas with government agencies. But neither parents nor youths in Singapore favoured an outright ban on social media for children, MDDI noted, adding that b...
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