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.
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….
Roblox to Introduce New Controls in Indonesia to Comply With Child Social Media Block
