MCMC to focus on adults

MCMC network security and enforcement chief officer Zulkarnain Mohd Yasin.

KUALA LUMPUR: With predators targeting children on social media and probable fake news in the lead-up to a possible general election this year, plans are in the offing to increase media literacy education for adults.

After years of education programmes focused on teaching children how to use the Internet safely, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) found that the younger demographic was not the weakest link in the country’s cyber safety chain.