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Protecting the youth: This photo taken on Oct. 30, 2025, shows 10-year- old Bianca Navarro lying on the floor as she watches a show on YouTube at her home in western Sydney, Australia. Australia’s un- der-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology’s impact on young people, experts say. (AFP/David Gray)
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he government has issued a warning to tech giant Google for failing to comply with a newly enacted social media ban for children, while Meta has moved to meet the regulation by raising the minimum user age to 16 across Instagram, Facebook and Threads.
Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said Google’s video-sharing platform YouTube had not shown “good faith” in complying with the Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation (PP Tunas).
“The government has no choice but to move to giving sanctions in the form of a reprimand letter to Google,” she said in a press briefing on Thursday, referring to the first phase of enforcement.
The regulation outlines four stages of sanctions for violations, with the final penalty being a full block on access to the platform in Indonesia.
Despite the warning, the government still expects Google to comply promptly, Meutya said, while urging other platforms to submit their risk self-assessment results within three months.
PP Tunas, which aims to shield children from online harms such as pornography, gambling and addiction, requires digital platforms to assess the level of risks they pose to minors. Those deemed “high risks” must bar users under 16 from accessing their services.
Read also: Indonesia to start banning social media for children under 16 this month
