JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Digital officially issued Minister Regulation Number 9 of 2026, as a derivative of Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 concerning the Governance of the Implementation of Electronic Systems in Child Protection (PP TUNAS).
Through this Komdigi Decree, the government stipulates that children under 16 years of age will no longer be able to have accounts on high-risk digital platforms.
The Minister of Communication and Information, Meutya Hafid, emphasized that this rule is intended to protect against negative impacts in the digital space including exposure to pornographic content, cyberbullying, online fraud, and mainly addiction.
"The government is here so that parents no longer have to fight alone against the algorithm giants," Meutya said in a statement through a Reels video uploaded to the official @kemkomdigi Instagram account on Friday, March 6.
The implementation phase will begin on March 28, 2026, where child accounts under 16 years of age will be disabled, starting from eight applications, namely YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Thread, X, Bigo Live, and Roblox.
Apparently, this decision was made because the eight applications are the most used applications by children in Indonesia and are also risky.
The implementation process will be carried out gradually until all platforms carry out compliance obligations, which are in accordance with existing regulations.
"We are aware that the implementation of this regulation may cause inconvenience at the beginning, children may complain, and parents may be confused when faced with their children's complaints. However, we believe that this is the best step that the government must take in the midst of a digital emergency," he continued.
He emphasized that the issuance of this regulation is a concrete step for the state to protect families.
"We take this step to reclaim the sovereignty of our children's future. We want technology to humanize humans, not to bury our children's childhood," he concluded.
Until this writing was made, the draft Minister's Regulation Number 9 of 2026 could not be found on the official website of the Legal Information and Documentation Network (JDIH) of the Ministry of Komdigi.
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