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Indonesia to ban social media access for under-16s, says communications minister amid a ‘digital emergency’

Implementation will begin on Mar 28 this year, with Communications Minister Meutya Hafid saying that the regulation makes Indonesia the “first non-Western country” to introduce age-appropriate access restrictions in the digital space. JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Friday (Mar 6) it would ban social media access for children under 16, citing threats from online pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and internet addiction, in a move its minister stressed has made it the “first non-W... [5089 chars]

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