he Indonesian government is planning to set a new regulation in order to determine the minimum age for social media users
According to the Communication Minister, this new Indonesian social media law is considered to be a measure that could protect children and ensure the child's online safety across all social media platforms.
It seems that the new Indonesian social media law is following the Australian recent verdict to ban the under 16 children from social media platforms. Along with this ban, the Australian government decided to give penalties to all social media giants such as Instagram, and Facebook, owned by Meta or TikTok, if they do not comply with the government’s decision.
It should be mentioned that the Communication minister, Meutya Hafid did not disclose the social media limit age that will be implemented across the Indonesian territory.
"We discussed how to protect children in digital space. The president said to carry on with this plan. He is very supportive on how this kind of child protection will be done in our digital space”, the Minister stated in a YouTube video posted on the president’s office channel.
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Even more so, according to the Indonesia Internet Service Providers Association which conducted a survey on about 8,700 respondents, the Internet penetration in Indonesia reached 79,5% last year in a nation that has approximately 280 million people. However, the concerning fact is that the survey has revealed that about 48% of the children ages below 12 had access to the internet and social media platforms.
So, in order to set the child’s online safety, the country has decided to set a new Indonesian social media law that could have a social media limit age.
Also in the survey, the analysts discovered that the internet penetration among Gen Z social media users had a percentage of about 87%, where people between the ages of 12 and 27 can be included in the Gen Z category.
Currently, the social media limit age remains unknown, and we must wait for further updates in order to find out if the Indonesian Government will directly follow the Australian social media ban that was recently introduced by the country’s government.
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