Government Regulation Number 17 of 2025 on the Governance of Electronic System Operators for Child Protection, also known as PP Tunas, requires digital platforms to implement child protection features in digital environments.
“We urge digital platforms to offer user-friendly safety features, including age-based content classification and parental controls. These are not optional add-ons, but key instruments for child protection,” director general of public communication and media at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Fifi Aleyda Yahya, said in a press statement in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Under PP Tunas, all electronic system operators (ESOs) need to provide accessible and understandable parental control features that enable parents to guide and monitor their children’s digital activities, she explained.
The controls are meant to allow parents to supervise content to ensure it is age-appropriate and limit access to potentially harmful content.
“Parental control features and age classifications give parents greater control and peace of mind that their children are navigating a safer digital environment,” she explained.
She further said that ESOs also need to comply with additional provisions designed to protect children online, including setting strict privacy settings for children’s accounts, and prohibiting location tracking or data profiling of minors for commercial purposes.
Yahya emphasized that PP Tunas was enacted to ensure the safety of children in digital spaces and shield them from harmful content online.
According to UNICEF data, nearly 89 percent of Indonesian children access the Internet for an average of 5.4 hours per day, and nearly half have been exposed to sexual content.
Yahya reported that from late 2024 to mid-2025, the ministry handled over 1.7 million online gambling content cases and nearly 500 thousand pornographic content cases.
Therefore, the government is working to ensure that digital platforms operating in Indonesia comply with PP Tunas to make the digital space safer for children.
Yahya further noted that the government is conducting public education and collaboration initiatives to protect children online.
The initiatives include digital literacy classes offered by the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs for both the general public and professionals.
Additionally, the ministry is working with electronic system operators to protect users from cybercrimes.
Translator: Livia Kristianti, Primayanti
Editor: Aditya Eko Sigit Wicaksono
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