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        "msgid": "digital-minister-tiktok-complies-with-tunas-regulation-closes-1-7-million-childrens-accounts-1777377144",
        "date": "2026-04-28 18:25:19",
        "title": "Digital Minister: TikTok Complies with Tunas Regulation, Closes 1.7 Million Children's Accounts",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs, Meutya Hafid, praised TikTok as the first electronic system operator in the country to comply with Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on child protection in digital spaces by deactivating 1.7 million accounts belonging to children under 16. The platform has committed to more extensive implementation of the regulation, effective since March 2026, and plans to address digital crimes like online gambling targeting Indonesia. Meutya urged other platforms to follow suit with transparent reporting of concrete actions beyond mere commitments to safeguard children online.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs\n(Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid stated that TikTok has become the first\nElectronic System Operator (PSE) in Indonesia to fulfil its obligations\nunder the Tunas Government Regulation to protect children in the digital\nspace by closing 1.7 million children\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Meutya appreciated TikTok\u2019s steps and mentioned that in the future,\nthe platform plans to implement the Tunas PP more extensively, which is\nGovernment Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on the Protection and Governance\nof Electronic System Operators in Child Protection and has been\neffective since 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok is the first to report the deactivation figures and the first\nto demonstrate that commitments are accompanied by concrete, transparent\nsteps reported to the public through the Ministry of Communication and\nDigital Affairs,\u201d said Meutya during a press conference at the Ministry\nof Communication and Digital Affairs office in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the meeting between TikTok and the Ministry of Communication and\nDigital Affairs, it was reported that TikTok had closed 1.7 million\nchildren\u2019s accounts as of 28 April 2026. This number has increased\nrapidly from 10 April 2026, when TikTok had closed 780,000 children\u2019s\naccounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere might have been some disruptions yesterday, which I hope will\nbe understood because this is also for the protection of our children,\u201d\nsaid Meutya.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok informed Meutya that adult account users affected by the child\naccount deactivation measures can appeal to have their accounts\nnormalised as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to reporting the deactivation figures for accounts of\nchildren under 16 years old, Meutya said that TikTok has also submitted\na more detailed and measurable compliance action plan for the\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>Not only regarding compliance with the Tunas PP, in that meeting,\nTikTok, represented by TikTok\u2019s Vice President of Global Public Policy\nHelena Lersch, expressed commitment to more extensively handling digital\ncrimes targeting Indonesia, such as online gambling, on its\nplatform.<\/p>\n<p>Meutya stated that the Tunas PP is a regulation that applies to all\nPSE in Indonesia, whether they are global or local service\nproviders.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, concrete steps like those taken by TikTok are expected to\nbe reported soon by other PSE and not limited to commitments alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe collectively urge platforms that have stated their compliance\ncommitments not to stop at mere compliance commitments but to\nimmediately report the concrete steps each platform has taken to the\nIndonesian public through the Ministry of Communication and Digital\nAffairs,\u201d Meutya emphasised.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/digital-minister-tiktok-complies-with-tunas-regulation-closes-1-7-million-childrens-accounts-1777377144",
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