The annual report evaluated six social media services – Facebook, HardwareZone, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube – on how thoroughly and effectively their measures met the Code of Practice for Online Safety.
It also raised concerns about child safety, noting that children could still access age-inappropriate content on several platforms.
Mrs Teo said age assurance measures to better verify users’ ages online will be implemented as part of enhancements to the online safety regulations.
“You need to be able to tell quite accurately the age of the user, in order for whatever protections you intend to apply to them, to be actually made available,” she said.
