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Parents in Indonesia give thumbs-up to proposed age limit for social media use

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<p>Parents in the Indonesian capital Jakarta said on Wednesday (January 15) they welcome the government&#x27;s plan to propose an age limit to social media use.</p><p>Communications Minister Meutya Hafid had said on Monday (January 13) that the government planned to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for social media users, after discussing the proposal to protect children online with President Prabowo Subianto.</p><p>On Wednesday, a senior communications ministry official told Reuters that Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government carves out a law to set a minimum age for users of the platforms.</p><p>Alto Abel Johan is a 38-year-old father of two boys, aged 8 and 6 who use YouTube under supervision to help with their schoolwork. He believes that both content and user age limits are important.</p><p>&quot;Children can now say profane words which they copy off comment sections,&quot; Alto said. &quot;Social media is harsh nowadays.&quot;</p><p>Nearly 50% of children under 12 in tech-savvy Indonesia use the internet, with some respondents of that age group using Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, according to a survey by the Indonesia Internet Service Providers&#x27; Association.</p><p>The proposed regulation follows Australia&#x27;s decision to ban children under 16 from accessing social media, with fines for tech giants from Instagram and Facebook owner Meta to TikTok, owned by China&#x27;s ByteDance, if they failed to prevent children from accessing their platforms.</p><div><strong></strong><em>(Production: Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Heru Asprihanto, Zahra Matarani)</em><strong></strong></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2024/11/29/social-media-companies-slam-australia-s-under-16-ban-1017">READ: Social media companies slam Australia&#x27;s under-16 ban</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/11/25/australia-to-ban-social-media-for-children-1750">READ: Australia to ban social media for children</a></div>

<p>Parents in the Indonesian capital Jakarta said on Wednesday (January 15) they welcome the government's plan to propose an age limit to social media use.</p>

Parents in the Indonesian capital Jakarta said on Wednesday (January 15) they welcome the government's plan to propose an age limit to social media use.

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Parents in Indonesia give thumbs-up to proposed age limit for social media use

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Published Jan 15, 2025 07:55 PM PHT

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