<2> Indonesia Announces Social Media Ban for Anyone Under 16
<3> Following in the Footsteps of Australia
<>Following in the footsteps of < class="no-affiliate-link" href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/27/australia-is-adding-twitch-to-its-social-media-ban-for-children-2020-3-27/" target="_blank">Australia’s social media ban for children, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. < class="no-affiliate-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Beher__B8" target="_blank">Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s communication and digital affairs minister, announced that a new government regulation will require “high-risk” platforms to delete any accounts from Indonesia that are under 16, starting on March 28.
<3> Implementation in Stages
<>Hafid said in the announcement that the implementation would be done in stages, starting with major platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Roblox and Bigo Live, a live-streaming platform based in Singapore. The minister added that all platforms will have to