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Indonesia's child-safety rules borrow from Australia, but lack enforcement backbone

By Roffie Kuniawan ( March 23, 2026, 03:01 GMT | Comment) -- Indonesia’s new child-safety rules for digital platforms draw on elements of Australia’s under-16 social media ban but adopt a more complex, risk-based approach. While platforms are beginning to comply ahead of the March 28 rollout, experts say the framework’s effectiveness may hinge on whether Indonesia can build enforcement capacity and institutional safeguards similar to those that underpin Australia’s model.Social media platforms are beginning to adjust to Indonesia’s new minimum-age rules for digital services, with X moving first to introduce an age requirement ahead of the regulation’s March 28 implementation. But these early compliance signals from platforms mask a deeper question: whether Indonesia’s new framework can be enforced effectively or risks becoming another ambitious but largely symbolic regulation. ...

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