{"id":53291,"date":"2026-03-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=53291"},"modified":"2026-04-04T01:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:17:39","slug":"roblox-child-safety-indonesia-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/roblox-child-safety-indonesia-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox to enforce new child safety controls in Indonesia amid social"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roblox will add new content and communication controls for users under 16 in Indonesia by March 28, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia&#8217;s new social media law requires deactivating &#8216;high risk&#8217; accounts of minors, including on gaming platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Roblox faces global regulatory pressure to improve child safety, including recent Middle East restrictions on chat features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>JAKARTA (Azat TV) \u2013<\/strong> Roblox announced it will introduce enhanced content and communication controls for players under the age of 16 in Indonesia to comply with the country\u2019s newly enacted social media regulations that come into force on March 28, 2026. This shift marks a significant departure from Roblox\u2019s traditional global safety standards, reflecting Indonesia\u2019s stringent approach to child online protection.<\/p>\n<h2>Indonesia&#8217;s social media block reshapes Roblox\u2019s child safety policies<\/h2>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s Communications and Digital Ministry, led by Minister Meutya Hafid, recently issued a ministerial regulation requiring digital platforms to deactivate accounts identified as \u201chigh risk\u201d and belonging to users under 16 years old. The regulation targets platforms including Roblox, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and others deemed high risk for minors. Roblox\u2019s Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman confirmed that in response, the company will soon roll out additional controls specific to Indonesian users under 16, though detailed features of these controls have not been publicly disclosed.<\/p>\n<h2>Roblox\u2019s response amid growing global regulatory scrutiny<\/h2>\n<p>This move comes amid a wider global trend of governments imposing stricter online safety laws for children. Indonesia\u2019s law represents one of the most restrictive regulatory frameworks in the region, extending social media-style rules to online gaming platforms. Roblox\u2019s compliance contrasts with the platform\u2019s previous reliance on global safety standards like chat filters, parental controls, and age verification systems. Notably, Roblox has faced regulatory pressure in other regions such as the Middle East, where Saudi Arabia and the UAE have mandated disabling in-game chat features as child safety measures.<\/p>\n<h2>Implications for Roblox\u2019s future in Indonesia\u2019s growing market<\/h2>\n<p>Indonesia is a key growth market for Roblox, with millions of active users, many under 16. The new regulations threaten the platform\u2019s operation if compliance is not fully met by the March 28 deadline. Failure to adapt could lead to account deactivations, limiting access for younger users and potentially shrinking Roblox\u2019s user base in one of its fastest-growing regions. The definition of a \u201csocial media block\u201d being extended to gaming platforms like Roblox also signals a regulatory shift that could influence other countries considering similar child protection measures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roblox\u2019s adaptation to Indonesia\u2019s social media block laws highlights the increasing regulatory complexity facing global digital platforms. By moving beyond universal safety practices to localized, legally mandated controls, Roblox illustrates how gaming platforms are becoming entwined with social media governance frameworks as governments seek to better safeguard children online.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roblox will implement stricter content and communication controls for users under 16 in Indonesia to comply with new social media child protection laws taking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1002,13071,1001,53153],"class_list":["post-53291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it","tag-child-safety","tag-indonesia","tag-roblox","tag-social-media-law"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roblox-safety-controls.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/roblox-safety-controls.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}