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View all search resultsGovt threatens sanctions for tech firms in upcoming social media ban
The Communications and Digital Ministry is preparing a ministerial regulation that would stipulate detailed provisions on punishments for tech companies found violating a prohibition on social media for children.
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s Australia started enforcing its ban for children under 16 from social media, its largest neighbor Indonesia is preparing a technical regulation for a similar restriction that would stipulate risk labels and punishments for platforms found violating the policy.
The Communications and Digital Ministry is preparing a ministerial regulation that would serve as a technical guideline for a Government Regulation on Electronic Systems Providers Governance in Child Protection (PP Tunas), which was signed by President Prabowo Subianto in March.
Aimed at protecting children from online harm, PP Tunas will require all electronic system providers, which include social media, online gaming and e-commerce platforms, to enforce minimum age limits for users and prohibits profiling children’s data for commercial purposes.
Providers that fail to meet such obligations will receive sanctions, which would be regulated in the ministerial regulation. It is being prepared within the one-year transition period for the government to draft technical guidelines for PP Tunas implementation.
“There will be gradual sanctions for platforms found violating the rules, starting with warnings, fines and access termination at the final stage,” Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
But the minister declined to explain further details about the ministerial regulation, saying more would be announced once the ministerial regulation is finalized.
