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        "id": 1711562,
        "msgid": "komdigi-roblox-removes-communication-feature-with-strangers-1777564445",
        "date": "2026-04-30 22:16:23",
        "title": "Komdigi: Roblox Removes Communication Feature with Strangers",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation (Komdigi) has confirmed that the Roblox gaming platform has complied with child protection regulations by disabling communication features with unknown individuals for users under 16 and 13 years old, alongside implementing age verification and parental screen time controls. This move aligns with government rules to restrict interactions and control content, affecting over 23 million child users out of 45 million in Indonesia. The initiative is part of broader commitments from eight major digital platforms and local government support for device restrictions in schools, aiming to foster a safer digital ecosystem and prevent risks like addiction and radicalisation.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation (Komdigi)\nstates that the Roblox gaming platform has complied with Indonesia\u2019s\nchild protection regulations and has now removed the communication\nfeature with unknown individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoblox has removed the communication feature with unknown\nindividuals for children under 16 and 13 years old. This step aligns\nwith the main aspects of government regulations, namely restrictions on\ncommunication with strangers and content control,\u201d said Minister Meutya\nHafid in a press release on Thursday (30\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Roblox is said to have implemented age verification for its users in\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that child users on Roblox are very numerous. Of the total\n45 million Roblox users in Indonesia, 23 million are recorded as\nchildren under 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to interaction restrictions, Roblox also provides a\nscreen time setting feature that can be directly controlled by parents\nto minimise the risk of gaming addiction in children.<\/p>\n<p>Meutya said that to date, her ministry has received compliance\ncommitments to PP Tunas from eight major digital platforms, including\nFacebook, Instagram, Threads, X (formerly Twitter), Bigo Live, YouTube,\nand TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of child protection also receives support from\nvarious Regional Governments (Pemda) through policies restricting device\nuse in school environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are greatly assisted by regulations if schoolchildren do not\nbring devices to school,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>On the same occasion, the Head of the National Counter-Terrorism\nAgency (BNPT), Retired Police Commissioner General Eddy Hartono, also\nappreciated Komdigi\u2019s firmness in enforcing PP Tunas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have prevented 112 children from being exposed to terrorism\nthrough social media,\u201d revealed Commissioner General Eddy.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that BNPT will continue to carry out ongoing mitigation\nso that children do not become easy targets for terrorist networks that\nutilise social media as a means of spreading radical ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>The government hopes that synergy between regulations, platform\ncompliance, and parental supervision can create a safer digital\necosystem for children\u2019s development in Indonesia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/komdigi-roblox-removes-communication-feature-with-strangers-1777564445",
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