Many platforms already include safeguards designed specifically for teens.

Instead of disappearing from feeds, teens are outsmarting the restrictions with surprisingly resourceful tricks. Photo: Canva

The challenge lies in protecting children online while ensuring that solutions remain fair, coordinated and realistic for the long term.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said platforms will be required to implement strict age verification systems, describing the current online ecosystem as a digital space where regulation has failed to keep children safe.

Late bedtimes are often linked to unhealthy habits, including shorter sleep duration, poor diet, lack of physical activity and smoking, which are all key risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Many parents in Malaysia, although deeply invested in their children’s wellbeing, may have limited emotional bandwidth to consistently monitor subtle behavioural shifts.

Photo: Canva For young people, cybercrime often shows up as online grooming, harassment, pressure to share private images, or being threatened with exposure.

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