CYBERBULLYING OF CHILDREN IN SOCIAL NETWORKS WILL BE TAKEN UNDER CONTROL IN KAZAKHSTAN

Deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved the draft law «On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the protection of children's rights, education, information, and informatization».

The draft Law provides for amendments regarding the prevention of bullying against children on online platforms.

According to the innovations, the Ministry of Information and Public Development of Kazakhstan will interact with major international social networks.

If Kazakhstani children have been bullied on social networks, their parents will be able to appeal to the specified Ministry with a complaint. Within three days, the Ministry is obliged to conduct an inspection and send an appeal to a representative of the social network. Then the representative must take measures within 24 hours – remove content, information that contains facts of cyberbullying against children.

Facebook Instagram and LinkedIn are among the platforms that have agreed to the terms of the Kazakh side. The draft Law concerns those services whose user base exceeds 100 thousand people.

For reference: According to statistics from the National Center for Public Health, 12% of schoolchildren are bullied and bullied. Children aged 11 to 15 – 11% - participated in or were subjected to cyberbullying on social networks. Over the past year, 78 thousand appeals on the facts of cyberbullying were recorded.

The bill is posted on: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z1900000240

https://www.parlam.kz/ru/mazhilis/news-details/id49321/1/1

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