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  • 1/14/2025
Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children in digital space, its communications minister said on Monday (Jan 13).

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00:00Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a
00:08move aimed at protecting children in digital space, its communications minister said on
00:13Monday.
00:15Communications Minister Mutya Hafid said the regulation would precede a stricter law regarding
00:20underage use of social media.
00:23Mutya did not specify what the age limit would be.
00:53Her remarks, made late on Monday, came after Mutya discussed the plan with President Prabowo
01:08Subianto.
01:09The plans follows Australia's decision to ban children under 16 from accessing social
01:14media, with fines for tech giants from Instagram and Facebook owner Meta to TikTok if they
01:20failed to prevent children accessing their platforms.

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