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View all search resultsYouTube to remove underage accounts, stop ads targeting kids
Google’s video sharing platform YouTube became the latest platform identified as having a ‘high risk’ for children to comply with the government’s restrictions on social media use for children under 16.
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nline video sharing platform YouTube will start deactivating accounts owned by users under 16 years old in Indonesia and stopping advertisements targeting children, after it became the latest major digital platform to comply with the government’s new children online safety regulations.
During a live streamed press briefing in Jakarta on Wednesday, Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid announced the video sharing platform’s compliance with the government’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation (PP Tunas) was formalized through a letter submitted by Google, YouTube’s parent company, on April 17.
According to the latter, the company had committed to adjust its platform to enforce a minimum user’s age of 16.
“The government appreciates that YouTube has delivered its letter of compliance,” Meutya said.
YouTube was among eight digital platforms the ministry classified as “high risk” for underage users, according to the framework of PP Tunas, which aims to better protect children from online harms such as pornography, gambling and addiction.
YouTube’s Asia-Pacific public policy head Danny Ardianto said the platform would shortly begin removing accounts owned by users aged younger than 16 and lowering its platform ads targeting children. However, the implementation will be carried out gradually, he added.
“This is still a work in progress, so we will disclose the total figures [of under-16 accounts deactivated] to the ministry later,” Danny said at the ministry’s press briefing on Wednesday.
