Indonesia is mulling plans to set a minimum age for social media users, in a bid to protect children. The possible ruling follows Australia's decision to ban anyone under the age of 16 from accessing social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to protect them from the harms of social media.

Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children in digital space, its communications minister has said. The government is preparing a regulation to ban social media use for certain ages,