Singapore looking at removing harmful app-store content, age classification for online games

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Singapore looking at removing harmful app-store content, age classification for online games
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Screengrab of Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo and app store logo on phone screen

Speaking during her ministry's Committee of Supply debate, Teo said that apps with harmful content, depicting explicit sexual activities or inciting violence, remain a concern, especially for children. "Apps with egregious content may also become unavailable for download. But games may also be accessed through platforms other than apps, and we will study how to deal with this,” she added.

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