PUTRAJAYA, April 16 --  The government plans to impose restrictions on social media account access for children under the age of 16 as part of efforts to strengthen online protection.

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the move is expected to be implemented by the end of June, subject to final review.

"The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is currently conducting a regulatory sandbox with social media platforms to identify mechanisms currently used by service providers.

"Secondly, we want to standardise the mechanism. We are not looking at just 'age assurance', but 'age verification', as Malaysia's legal framework differs in that we have official government documents such as the MyKad," he told...