PP Tunas Comes into Effect, Parents Must Become Children's Best Friends
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on the Governance of Electronic Systems and Child Protection (PP Tunas) officially takes effect on 28 March 2026.
This regulation requires all digital platforms to limit children’s access based on age and to strengthen the protection of children’s personal data.
Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid emphasised that this policy represents a firm step by the state to protect children in the digital space.
“There is no compromise on compliance. Every business entity operating in Indonesia must adhere to applicable laws,” she stated in a press release on Saturday (28/3/2026).
They are urged to promptly submit commitments and action plans for compliance with the government regulation.
Specifically, Meutya mentioned that two platforms have directly met the government’s expectations: C and Bigo Live. Others are still under ongoing monitoring.
For information, PP Tunas is a regulation that delays social media account access for children under 18 years old.
The regulation, which has been positively welcomed by child observers, will undoubtedly face various challenges, not only from digital platforms that do not immediately implement the applied rules.
There are also challenges in socialisation to address the confusion among parents and children who previously had accounts on those eight social media platforms.
Therefore, Seto Mulyadi, Chairman of the Child Protection Institution, provided various tips for parents whose children may find it difficult to accept the new child protection rules in the digital space.
The main advice from the man, affectionately known as Kak Seto despite being 74 years old, is to restore parents’ role as friends to their children. Because the challenges for parents across generations are actually the same.
When Kak Seto was young, his parents faced the challenge of radio media that became addictive at that time. Over time, television became part of children’s addiction that left parents shaking their heads.
At that time, what made it lighter was that content favoured by children was not available 24 hours a day. Cartoons or children’s programmes were often rationed by television stations only on Sundays.