PP TUNAS Considered to Inhibit Innovation and Digital Economy, This is the Response of the Minister of Communication and Information Meutya

JAKARTA - The regulation on the age limit for children to play social media contained in Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 concerning the Governance of the Implementation of Electronic Systems in Child Protection (PP TUNAS) still raises concerns.

The reason is, the Chairman of the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) Hilmi Adrianto had previously conveyed that the rules could burden the platform and hinder innovation and the growth of Indonesia's digital economy.

However, Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid emphasized that the PP TUNAS does not hinder innovation or the digital economy. Because according to him, there is no innovation that targets crimes against children.

"There is no innovation and no digital economy that targets crimes against children. So if he is affected by child protection, then we don't count it as an innovation that we should take as a country," Meutya explained when met in Jakarta two days ago.

Meutya even cited the example of the application of age restrictions for children in digital spaces in Australia, which to date has not shown significant economic impacts.

"This is what we see in Australia, yes, there are no records of significant economic impacts on the imposition of child age delays in the digital realm, especially on social media," he said.

He also added, "It is a unilateral claim that has not been proven and we from Komdiki also continue to monitor not only in Australia, but other countries as well."

The government will continue to open a dialogue with industry players and will be careful in determining the classification and implementation mechanism so that the policy remains proportional.

"We will still consider this as input and we will be careful later in classifying it. So thank you also to those who gave these inputs," he said.