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Indonesia to limit children’s social media accounts in March 2026
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital will enforce new rules on children’s access to social media accounts starting March 2026.
The regulation, known as PP Tunas, requires electronic service providers to restrict social media sign-ups for users aged 13–16, unless they have parental consent.
Service providers must integrate child protection features from the design stage, including age verification tools, parental controls, and default high privacy settings for underage accounts.
The rules prohibit profiling, collecting geolocation data, and using deceptive practices that could harm children.
Violations will lead to escalating administrative penalties, from written warnings to possible access termination.
PP Tunas is part of the government’s broader effort to strengthen digital child safety following the national data protection law.
🔗 Source: Katadata
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Implications, context, and why it matters.
Age checks and parental consent required, technical details pending
- PP Tunas (Indonesia’s new child online safety regulation) requires age checks plus parental consent for 13–16 year olds 1, with methods, oversight, and sanctions to follow in ministerial rules 2.
- Indonesia’s civil registration system (Dukcapil, the national population and civil registry) holds data that could enable instant age checks. The rule does not set an integration path, and local apps such as Semarang’s Si D’nok 3 and Jakarta’s Alpukat Betawi 4 serve residents.
- Officials are drafting rules on risk assessment, supervision, and administrative sanctions 2. Platforms face uncertainty on cost and technical scope ahead of the March 2026 deadline.
Licensed Dukcapil data partners may become central for compliance
- Investors and operators can build or back licensed Dukcapil data partners. These private intermediaries may access registry data for identity and age checks. They can deliver instant verification to services that need help with PP Tunas.
- Telecom carriers in Indonesia can bundle network parental controls plus youth privacy defaults for families. The approach can help platforms meet PP Tunas and supports joint sales with social media providers through revenue sharing.
- Indonesia ranks second after Australia on comprehensive child digital protection rules 1. Compliance tools built here could travel to Southeast Asian markets that expect similar laws.
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