Indonesian govt prepares fines in digital child safety rules
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A minister said social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok have yet to fully meet obligations.
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JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Affairs Ministry has finished drafting policies on penalties for social media platforms that fail to comply with the country’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation, known as PP TUNAS, ranging from fines to full access blocking.
After reviewing compliance six months since the regulation took effect in March, Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid noted that several platforms – including Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and Threads, Alphabet’s YouTube and ByteDance’s TikTok – had yet to fully meet their obligations.