Indonesia restricts social media access for under-16s and deactivates accounts on high-risk platforms
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Indonesia issued a Ministerial regulation to delay social media access for children under 16 and will begin gradually deactivating their accounts on high-risk platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, and Roblox, starting March 28, 2026.
Why it matters
The regulation creates binding compliance obligations that require platforms to redesign registration, age-verification, and account-management systems for Indonesian users. Platforms will need to operationalize technical controls and policy changes to prevent access by minors and to process deactivation workflows.
Implications
- • Social media platforms' Indonesia compliance and product teams must implement age-verification and account-management changes ahead of March 28, 2026 to align with the new Ministerial regulation.
- • Platform account-management and moderation teams for TikTok, Meta/Instagram, and Roblox must prepare to identify and deactivate existing accounts belonging to users under 16 on Indonesia-facing services.
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