Fahmi: Three more Asean countries keen to join Malaysia-led children’s online safety push

MELAKA, Nov 1 — Thailand, Brunei and Cambodia are the latest Asean countries to have expressed interest in joining Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore in efforts to address online safety issues involving children.

Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said he welcomed the development, describing it as a sign that Asean was moving in the same direction.

“In discussions with my counterparts from Indonesia and Singapore, we were already on the same page on this matter. So, this is even better as Southeast Asia will now move in the same direction because we will be stronger when we stand united, especially in dealing with major social media platforms.

“We believe this will help considerably, particularly as these platforms view the region as a single market. So, if the entire or majority of the Southeast Asian market starts speaking about the same issues, then it will be easier,” he said.

Fahmi was speaking at a press conference after attending the Safe Internet Campaign Programme at Multimedia University (MMU), Melaka Campus in Bukit Beruang here today.

Also present was Communications Ministry secretary-general Datuk Abdul Halim Hamzah.

Elaborating on the joint efforts to address children’s online safety issues, Fahmi said Malaysia was also drawing lessons from the way certain restrictions had been implemented in other countries, such as Australia.

“We are also following and taking note of several recent cases in the US, in New Mexico, and this is very helpful in enabling us to take action or plan our next steps,” he said.

Fahmi was previously reported as saying that Malaysia and Indonesia had agreed to establish inter-agency cooperation at the implementation level to address children’s online safety issues, with plans also underway to involve Singapore.

On the Safe Internet Campaign, Fahmi said the programme had so far reached schools throughout Malaysia, with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) continuing to enhance its content from time to time. — Bernama

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马六甲，11月1日讯——泰国、文莱和柬埔寨是最新表示有兴趣加入马来西亚、印度尼西亚和新加坡行列，共同努力解决涉及儿童的网络安全问题的东盟国家。

通讯部长拿督斯里法米·法兹尔表示，他欢迎这一进展，并称这是东盟朝着同一方向前进的标志。

“在与印尼和新加坡的同行讨论中，我们已经就此事达成共识。因此，这更好，因为东南亚现在将朝着同一个方向前进，团结一致会让我们更强大，尤其是在应对主要社交媒体平台方面。”

“我们相信这将大有裨益，尤其因为这些平台将该地区视为一个单一市场。因此，如果整个东南亚市场或大多数东南亚市场开始讨论相同的问题，那么事情就会变得容易得多，”他说道。

法米今天在马六甲武吉柏鲁昂多媒体大学（MMU）校园参加完安全上网宣传活动后，在新闻发布会上发表了讲话。

通讯部秘书长拿督阿卜杜勒·哈利姆·哈姆扎也出席了会议。

法米在详细阐述解决儿童网络安全问题的共同努力时表示，马来西亚也在借鉴其他国家（如澳大利亚）实施某些限制措施的经验。

“我们也在关注和留意美国新墨西哥州最近的几起病例，这对于我们采取行动或计划下一步措施非常有帮助，”他说。

此前有报道称，法米表示，马来西亚和印度尼西亚已同意在实施层面建立机构间合作，以解决儿童网络安全问题，目前也在计划让新加坡参与其中。

关于“安全上网运动”，法米表示，该项目迄今已覆盖马来西亚各地的学校，马来西亚通讯及多媒体委员会（MCMC）将持续更新其内容。——马新社

国阵寄希望于凭借五年政绩赢得马六甲州选举中的摇摆选民。

马六甲州选举：马来西亚通讯及多媒体委员会（MCMC）不会干预各政党的社交媒体竞选活动，只会对投诉采取行动。

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