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Online child exploitation fears linger in Indonesia despite planned social media restrictions
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In digital spaces, predators can easily conceal their identities by using fake names or ages to interact with children.
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JAKARTA – The threat of online child exploitation continues to loom despite the Indonesian government’s plan to restrict children’s access to certain digital platforms, as experts warn that predators can easily move across multiple online spaces where young users interact.
Indonesia will soon begin limiting accounts belonging to users under 16 on several “high-risk platforms” under the Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation (PP Tunas), which aims to protect children from online dangers ranging from pornography and cyberbullying to exploitation.
