Dr Lee Boon Chye
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is looking into measures to limit Internet access for teenagers under 17 years of age from 12 midnight to 6 am as implemented in Japan and Korea.
Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said it was among the effort to curb addiction to video game and social media applications among teenagers in the country.
“There are also gaming providers that prevent users aged under 17 from accessing the game after one to two hours and then they are cut offline.
“These are among the steps we are looking into to ensure game addiction could be brought under control,” he said during the question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat sitting here yesterday.
He was replying to a supplementary question from Lukanisman Awang Sauni (PBB-Sibuti) on the government’s move to curb e-games addiction which led the user to avoid other activities. — Bernama