Indonesia bans children under 16 from major social platforms
Change
Indonesia began enforcing a regulation that bars accounts belonging to people younger than 16 from specified digital platforms — including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox — and requires platforms to deactivate those accounts and report deactivations to Indonesian authorities, covering about 70 million minors.
Why it matters
Digital platforms operating in Indonesia must implement age-verification, account-deactivation and reporting systems that block access for users under 16. Product, engineering and compliance teams are required to change onboarding, moderation and data workflows to show regulators that underage accounts have been deactivated.
Implications
- • Indonesia-facing compliance teams at digital platforms must implement processes to document and report deactivated accounts belonging to people younger than 16 to Indonesian regulators or face enforcement actions.
- • Product and engineering teams at platforms operating in Indonesia must deploy age-verification checks and block underage account creation and access, or the platforms will be subject to enforcement under Indonesian law.
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Policy & Regulation Regulatory Actions Compliance Data Privacy