🧠 Food for thought

Implications, context, and why it matters.

IGRS enforcement starts in 2026; violations risk takedown, and adult credential lending weakens safeguards

• From 2026, the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS) sets five brackets (3+, 7+, 13+, 15+, 18+), and studios must show these ratings inside games 1.
• Teams first self-rate the release. Komdigi (Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs) runs checks to confirm rating follows rules.
• Titles with banned content like extreme violence or pornography or gambling can be removed regardless of rating, and misrated games risk reclassification or removal 2.
• The policy covers all platforms, including local builds, user content, and imports in Indonesia.
• Edwin Hidayat Abdullah warned that adults sharing Kartu Tanda Penduduk (KTP, Indonesia’s national ID card) with children weakens safeguards, so tech controls need parental help to protect minors.

Global platforms can use local eKYC for age checks; IGRS compliance centers on ratings and content

• Services that reach Indonesian players must follow IGRS by showing correct age labels while meeting content limits, and Komdigi can reclassify or take down violators in 2026 2.
• Local electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) options include Privy, GLAIR, and Fazpass. Privy serves 57K+ businesses and 53 million verified users as a digital ID provider 3. GLAIR offers OCR with up to 97% accuracy plus anti-spoof checks 4. Fazpass provides identity checks and fraud prevention APIs linked to Dukcapil (Indonesia’s civil registry) 5.
• These providers enable biometric checks, including facial recognition, liveness detection, and document authenticity checks 4. Those features support age verification workflows alongside IGRS labels.