Jakarta, Oct. 8 -- Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid announced that TikTok has deactivated nine million underage accounts to comply with Indonesia's online child protection regulation.

The regulation, Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 regarding Electronic System Governance for Child Protection (PP Tunas), came into force on March 28, 2026, restricting social media access for children under 16.

Speaking in Jakarta on Wednesday, Meutya noted that Meta has also taken a similar move by deactivating 184,000 accounts belonging to children under 16, comprising 85,000 on Instagram and 99,000 on Facebook. Additionally, the tech giant migrated 22.5 million accounts owned by minors to teen accounts.

"While we see this as ...