Roblox to introduce new controls in Indonesia to comply with child social media block

By Reuters | Updated: March 25, 2026

JAKARTA, March 25 – Videogame platform Roblox will introduce content and communications controls for players under 16 in ​Indonesia to comply with the country’s social media ‌block for children, Matt Kaufman, Roblox’s Chief Safety Officer, said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

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• Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate “high ​risk” social media accounts for under 16s, according ​to a ministerial regulation issued earlier this month.
• The ⁠deactivations are set to take effect on March 28, ​said Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Minister.
• Roblox, Instagram, Google’s ​YouTube, and TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, were among the platforms identified by the Communications and Digital Ministry earlier this month as ​high risk.
• “This week, we announced that in order to ​address regional requirements in Indonesia, we will soon introduce additional controls ‌on ⁠content and communication for players under the age of 16 years old in Indonesia,” Kaufman said.
• Roblox did not provide details about the additional controls.
• Social media platform X said that starting from ​March 28, its ​Indonesian users ⁠must be at least 16 years old to have an account.
• X said on its ​website that Indonesia’s minimum age requirement “prevents age-restricted social media ​platforms, ⁠including X, from letting people under 16 create or keep an account. It’s not our choice – it’s what Indonesian ⁠law ​requires.”
• A number of countries, including Australia, have imposed ​curbs on social media for children amid mounting concerns about the safety and ​mental health of underage users.

Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by David Stanway

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