The policy, influenced by Australia’s landmark curbs, marks one of the most aggressive efforts yet to police how minors use digital platforms in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.

Indonesia is now the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Facebook.

In addition to X, Meutya announced that Bigo Live has changed the minimum age limit from 13 to 18 years. TikTok has partially cooperated with the ban.

JAKARTA: A 38-year-old female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Pesek gave birth to her seventh child in Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 24), marking a major ...