Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The government has initiated discussions among relevant line ministries to assess the impact of social media use on children, ahead of any possible future regulatory measures, an official said.

The Ministry of Digital Economy held a meeting on Saturday with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, who is also the Minister of Education. Representatives from the Health Ministry and the Ministries of Child and Women Affairs also participated.

Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne told the Daily Mirror that the discussions focused on identifying how social media has affected children in Sri Lanka. He stressed that the government has not yet reached any decision to ban social media for children below the ages of...