Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Minister of Family and Social Services social media Stating that the legislation studies regarding the regulation are about to be completed, “We are working on a gradual arrangement at the point of age limit. For children who are up to 13 years, we continue our work as 2 different levels for children in the 13-16 age group,” he said.
Announced after the cabinet
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, answered questions from journalists after the Cabinet Meeting held at the Presidential Complex. Minister Göktaş said that the legislation studies regarding the social media regulation are about to be completed. Underlining that they will not prohibit children from entering the internet, Göktaş said, “Our intention is to protect our children from the harmful content of social media, as our President states.”
Studies have been going on for nearly 1 year
Minister Göktaş, today, young people and children faced digital dependence, said: “Digital dependence is an important part of our Family Action Plan. In this direction, we have been carrying out studies for nearly 1 year. We are also discussing the media platform representatives and we have created a special team within the world.
The most important detail: will be two levels
Answering the question about how to determine the age limit in the social media regulation, Göktaş said, “We are working on a gradual arrangement at the age limit point. “he said.
Punishment for platforms that do not comply
Within the scope of the regulation, Minister Göktaş stated that he was conducted under two headings for social media platforms and continued:
“We plan to bring serious obligations to make age determination in the most accurate way during the opening of children under 16 years of age and to provide maximum control according to the current technology. We are planning to impose obligations to the platforms to improve parental control tools and to impose sanctions when they act in contradiction with these obligations. “
Families will be given training
Göktaş stated that parents also have important duties in protecting children against digital threats and underlined that the legal regulation cannot be effective without the active responsibility of parents. Göktaş, “Now parents ‘digital parenting’ in a new responsibility in the field of responsibility to protect their children against the risks of the digital world must have the capacity. We plan to give them the necessary trainings to support them on this issue,” he said.
The process continues
Minister Göktaş, said that they will come together again with the representatives of social media platforms in the near future, “We have expressed our sensitivities before, we will convey our evaluations in these topics. We plan, “he said. (DHA)