Indonesia bans under-16s from major social media platforms
Change
Indonesia began implementing a regulation that bans children under 16 from having accounts on platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox and requires digital platforms operating in Indonesia to bring products into compliance and report deactivations.
Why it matters
Platforms will need to overhaul onboarding, age-verification and moderation systems, raising technical and compliance costs and creating enforcement uncertainty for product teams. The rule covers roughly 70 million Indonesian children and will shift many youth interactions offline while companies complete compliance work.
Implications
- • Trust-and-safety teams at global social media platforms operating in Indonesia must implement age-verification and account-deactivation mechanisms for users identified as under 16.
- • Legal and compliance teams of digital platforms operating in Indonesia must complete the regulation's self-assessments and begin reporting under-16 account deactivations to Indonesian authorities.
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