Children can collaborate to create creative content using parents' social media accounts

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Child and family psychologist Sani B. Hermawan, a graduate of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Indonesia, stated that children under the age of 16 can create creative content on social media, but they should use their parents’ social media accounts rather than personal ones.

He made this statement in relation to Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on the Protection and Governance of Electronic Systems in Child Protection (PP Tunas), which restricts children aged 16 and below from digital platforms.

“Why not collaborate with parents? Children can indeed collaborate with parents while still being able to navigate social media and have a platform, but not a personal account. This does not curtail the child’s creativity and enhances the child’s potential through social media,” Sani said when contacted by ANTARA from Jakarta on Tuesday.

With an age considered not yet emotionally mature, he said, the presence of parents in supervising children, playing, and being present for them without social media can develop closer relationships and provide higher quality time with the child.

“This leads to many more effective and positive joint activities between children and parents, while also developing cognitive, social, and other aspects,” he concluded.

Previously, the Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid emphasised that the presence of Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on the Protection and Governance of Electronic Systems in Child Protection (PP Tunas) is urgent for Indonesia as it can safeguard privacy while protecting children’s data in the digital space.

She conveyed this based on studies and legal cases that have occurred in other countries where children’s data and privacy in the digital space have been exploited and even monetised unethically and irresponsibly.