KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Parents are reminded not to rely solely on platform providers to ensure their children’s digital safety, but to take a proactive role in monitoring their devices to protect them from cyber threats.
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said monitoring children’s online activities was now essential to curbing the risks of sexual crimes and cyberbullying.
“We need to know what our children are viewing. Giving a child a mobile phone is much like giving them a car, many things can happen if they are not properly supervised,” he said when featured on Agenda Daily’s Agenda Malaysia podcast.
Fahmi said the concern was well-founded, citing the recent arrest of 53 individuals under Op Pedo 2 and the seizure of more than 54,000 files linked to online child predation.
