MDDI's response to PQ on Requirements on Social Media Platforms to Ensure Age Appropriate Use

Parliament Sitting on 8 January 2025

QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

*62. 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.

Answer:

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