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        "id": 1640759,
        "msgid": "parents-deem-social-media-restrictions-for-children-essential-1774716646",
        "date": "2026-03-28 22:31:19",
        "title": "Parents deem social media restrictions for children essential",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Parents in Semarang strongly support the government's upcoming regulation to restrict social media access for children under 16, citing the platform's harmful content and influence on child behaviour. They share personal strategies like limiting device usage, providing educational alternatives, and restricting internet quotas to protect their children. The regulation, effective from March 2026, aims to safeguard minors on high-risk digital platforms, highlighting growing concerns over online safety in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Semarang - Several parents in Semarang consider restricting social\nmedia access for children under 16 years old to be very important in\nprotecting children. \u201cI completely agree. We must indeed \u2018protect\u2019\nchildren from social media content. Social media nowadays is really\nbad,\u201d said Widy Astari (35), a resident of Pedurungan, on Saturday. As a\nparent, she admitted that she has so far sufficiently limited her\nchild\u2019s access to social media, including access to gadgets. The mother\nof two children said that she still provides gadget access to her child,\nbut with restrictions on the content that may be viewed. Instead, she\nbuys her child a device similar to a gadget containing educational\ngames, English lessons, and mathematics for play as well as learning\npurposes. Eliza Wido (48), a resident of West Semarang, also agrees with\nrestricting social media access for children because it is indeed risky\nfor child behavioural development if left unchecked. \u201cMy child just got\na mobile phone. The other day when using my phone, he already used\nTikTok but on a shared account. Now that he has his own phone, it\u2019s\nharder to advise him,\u201d she said. Therefore, she no longer provides a\ndata quota so that her child cannot access social media as usual, though\nshe worries about sharing internet connections with friends. \u201cThis is\nthe target; after Eid, there\u2019s no more playing at friends\u2019 places.\nFriends coming here are also not allowed,\u201d said the mother of the child.\nShe admitted that the social environment also greatly influences\nchildren, for example, if all friends have gadgets, they want one too.\n\u201cI also hope that schools help raise awareness and provide understanding\nto the children. Coincidentally, my child is in sixth grade of\nelementary school and is not allowed to bring a phone to school,\u201d she\nsaid. Meanwhile, Azka (14), a student at an Islamic junior high school\nin Semarang, admitted that she has been given restrictions by her\nparents in accessing social media. \u201cAt home, I can only hold the phone\nfor two hours. Except on holidays. At school, sometimes I\u2019m asked to\nbring the phone for studying, but it\u2019s only used during lessons,\u201d she\nsaid. The government through the Ministry of Communication and Digital\n(Kemenkomdigi) has officially implemented Government Regulation Number\n17 of 2025 on the Protection and Governance of Electronic System\nOperators in Child Protection (PP Tunas) on 28 March 2026. The\nregulation targets restrictions on social media usage for children under\n16 years old on high-risk digital platforms.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/parents-deem-social-media-restrictions-for-children-essential-1774716646",
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