Malaysia enforced a sweeping ban on Monday, barring children under 16 years of age from owning social media accounts, the latest move in aworldwide effort to tighten online protections for young users.
The rules require platforms with at least 8 million users, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, to deploy age-verification systems and block underage account creation. Companies that fail to comply face fines of up to 10 million ringgit ($2.5 million). Parents whose children find workarounds, however, will not be penalized, as reported by AP.
