{"id":82365,"date":"2025-10-18T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/82365\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:12:09","slug":"malaysia-mulls-banning-smartphones-for-under-16s-to-address-school-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/82365\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia mulls banning smartphones for under-16s to address school safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Beyond the proposed smartphone ban, other measures include prioritising safety in schools &#8211; with close monitoring by the police and Home Affairs ministry &#8211; as well as strengthening educational content to ensure it instills values and character in students that are in line with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/malaysia-madani-slogan-new-government-anwar-ibrahim-3219941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malaysia Madani<\/a> (Civil Malaysia) concept that was conceptualised by his administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The word Madani is an acronym made up of six core values, namely sustainability, prosperity, innovation, respect, trust and compassion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWithin the Madani framework, we emphasise values, character and a balanced education, without incorporating narrow or extreme ideologies,\u201d he\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There is also a plan\u00a0to raise the age limit for social media use to 16 years old, amid concerns over the influence of social media and online games that could trigger negative behaviours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are looking into the possibility of limiting or banning the use of social media in schools for those aged 16 and below,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The prime minister\u00a0noted that many countries have already adopted similar policies, adding that if it is implemented in Malaysia, phones could still be used for learning purposes but under strict supervision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn this regard, the role of parents is extremely important,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beyond the proposed smartphone ban, other measures include prioritising safety in schools &#8211; with close monitoring by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[38979,737,85,46,12437,321,7379,125],"class_list":["post-82365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-anwar-ibrahim","tag-crime","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-malaysia","tag-mobile","tag-smartphone","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}