‘Social media and appropriate use-2019' forum is taking place in Ulaanbaatar, organized jointly by the Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC), Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs and the Authority for Family, Child and Youth Development.

Panel discussions are being held at four general sessions ‘Social media usage of Mongolia and international tendencies', ‘Social network security and child protection', ‘Opportunities of social media, creating a positive approach' and ‘Appropriate use of social media and social media literacy'.

Opening the fourth session, Mr. George Chen, Head of Public Policy for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mongolia at Facebook, delivered a presentation. He noted that the company seeks to cooperate with Mongolia in three general directions. "First of all, we will cooperate with the CRC on cybersecurity. More specifically, we will focus on illegal activities, information security and privacy issues. Secondly, digital literacy, namely, improving the social media etiquette, basic knowledge of cyberspace, protecting personal information on social media and keeping civil conversations. In third place, we will collaborate on new economy or the effective use of social media to promote the company," he said.

He continued, "Mongolia has active social media users and only number of Facebook users reached 2.2 million. I believe that the development of social media has many positive effects. On the other hand, many other problems occur with the social media development. For instance, the fake news. We are collaborating with the CRC and other organizations to regulate the fake news in social media. Moreover, a special fund will be set up to ensure the security of pages of government agencies."