Digital Minister: TikTok Complies with Tunas Regulation, Closes 1.7 Million Children's Accounts
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid stated that TikTok has become the first Electronic System Operator (PSE) in Indonesia to fulfil its obligations under the Tunas Government Regulation to protect children in the digital space by closing 1.7 million children’s accounts.
Meutya appreciated TikTok’s steps and mentioned that in the future, the platform plans to implement the Tunas PP more extensively, which is Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on the Protection and Governance of Electronic System Operators in Child Protection and has been effective since 28 March 2026.
“TikTok is the first to report the deactivation figures and the first to demonstrate that commitments are accompanied by concrete, transparent steps reported to the public through the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs,” said Meutya during a press conference at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs office in Jakarta on Tuesday.
In the meeting between TikTok and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, it was reported that TikTok had closed 1.7 million children’s accounts as of 28 April 2026. This number has increased rapidly from 10 April 2026, when TikTok had closed 780,000 children’s accounts.
“There might have been some disruptions yesterday, which I hope will be understood because this is also for the protection of our children,” said Meutya.
TikTok informed Meutya that adult account users affected by the child account deactivation measures can appeal to have their accounts normalised as soon as possible.
In addition to reporting the deactivation figures for accounts of children under 16 years old, Meutya said that TikTok has also submitted a more detailed and measurable compliance action plan for the future.
Not only regarding compliance with the Tunas PP, in that meeting, TikTok, represented by TikTok’s Vice President of Global Public Policy Helena Lersch, expressed commitment to more extensively handling digital crimes targeting Indonesia, such as online gambling, on its platform.
Meutya stated that the Tunas PP is a regulation that applies to all PSE in Indonesia, whether they are global or local service providers.
Therefore, concrete steps like those taken by TikTok are expected to be reported soon by other PSE and not limited to commitments alone.
“We collectively urge platforms that have stated their compliance commitments not to stop at mere compliance commitments but to immediately report the concrete steps each platform has taken to the Indonesian public through the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs,” Meutya emphasised.