The ministry is finishing up a ministerial regulation that will serve as the technical guideline for Government Regulation (PP) No. 17/2025 on electronic systems providers (PSE) governance for child protection (PP Tunas). 

The ministerial regulation is slated to be issued and implemented next month, a year after President Prabowo Subianto signed the PP in March 2025, said Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid during a visit to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.

The latest draft for the ministerial regulation, which was released in January for public consultation, outlined several key provisions, including a minimum age limit for users in digital products and sanctions for platforms found violating the rule.

In the regulation, age restrictions are divided into several categories, with children under 13 only permitted to use platforms designed specifically for their age group. Meanwhile, people aged 13 to 16 can access only low-risk platforms. All groups need parental consent to access the platforms.

The risks are identified based on various factors, such as exposure to strangers, violent or pornographic content, as well as addictive features.

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When the ministerial regulation will be issued in March, users younger than 16 years old could be removed from digital platforms, said Meutya.

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