Communications Minister: Government Regulation on Child Protection in Digital Systems to Take Effect from March 2026

Jakarta – Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid stated that Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on Child Protection in Electronic Systems Management, known as PP Tunas, will come into effect in March 2026.

The Minister said that implementing regulations for PP Tunas are currently in the finalisation stage at the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs following a harmonisation process at the Ministry of Law.

“The ministerial regulation has already undergone harmonisation at the Ministry of Law. We are now in the finalisation stage within the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs to review it in the coming days to see whether it can be cleared for signature and then take effect in March,” she said in Jakarta on Friday.

She urged digital platform operators to prepare themselves for compliance with PP Tunas requirements.

The government has communicated its implementation plan well in advance to enable industry players to comply effectively with the regulation.

Hafid stated that PP Tunas was issued to protect children in the digital space.

“Hopefully they will also support this, because we must understand and acknowledge that this regulation is to protect children in the digital sphere and will be effective with the support and commitment of platform operators to comply with and follow the regulation,” she explained.

Responding to industry concerns about the potential economic impact of PP Tunas on digital innovation and the digital economy, she stressed that potential economic effects are not a reason to overlook child protection and safety in the digital space.

“There is no innovation and no digital economy that targets harm against children. If it impacts child protection, we do not count that as an innovation worth adopting as a nation,” she said.

The Minister also noted that child protection regulations in the digital space, including restrictions on social media access, have already been implemented in Australia and Europe.

“We are not only monitoring Australia, but also other countries. This is already a rolling ball, including in the European Union and many other countries,” she said.