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Child Online Safety: A Crisis To Address NOW

Datin P.H Wong, Executive Director, Childline Foundation

04-Sep-24 08:30

Child Online Safety: A Crisis To Address NOW

Amid reports from the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission having received almost 6,600 cases of cyberbullying involving youths, a 20-fold increase from three years ago, action needs to be taken immediately to address this. Datin PH Wong, Executive Director of Childline Foundation shares some insights into this worrying trend as social media and online games become increasingly prolific.

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Produced by: Natalie Tan

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam


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Categories:  Law/ActivismFamily/Parenting

Tags:  child online safetychildrensocial mediacyberbullyingyouth





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