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Makassar City Educates on Digital Readiness for Children's Social Media Use

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Makassar City is educating residents on digital literacy and the implementation of PP Tunas, a national policy ensuring children are mentally and psychologically ready before accessing social media.
  • The policy aims to protect children from harmful online content, violence, exploitation, and mental health risks by requiring digital platforms to filter access for minors.
  • The city government is collaborating with various agencies and conducting widespread socialization in schools and communities, including remote islands, to promote the

Makassar City is actively promoting digital literacy and the "Wait Until Ready" campaign, centered around the national "PP Tunas" policy. This initiative aims to ensure children are mentally and psychologically prepared before they gain access to social media platforms. The policy is not intended to ban technology but to delay social media exposure until children possess the maturity to navigate the digital world safely.

This policy does not aim to ban children from learning technology, but rather to delay social media exposure until children are truly ready mentally and psychologically.

— Muhammad RoemHead of Diskominfo Makassar explaining the purpose of the PP Tunas policy.

Implemented by the Makassar City Communication and Informatics Office (Diskominfo), PP Tunas, or Government Regulation (PP) Number 17 of 2025, mandates digital platforms to restrict and filter social media access for minors. This measure is designed to shield young users from dangerous content, violence, exploitation, and potential mental health issues.

This is certainly an implementation of PP Number 17 of 2025 or PP Tunas. This year, together with several OPDs, we have conducted socialization in schools.

— Muhammad RoemHead of Diskominfo Makassar discussing the ongoing socialization efforts.

Diskominfo Makassar has been conducting extensive socialization efforts since early 2026. These outreach programs target various community segments, including schools on the mainland and in island regions, ensuring a uniform understanding of the importance of protecting children in the digital space. "This is certainly an implementation of PP Number 17 of 2025 or PP Tunas. This year, together with several OPDs, we have conducted socialization in schools," stated Muhammad Roem, Head of Diskominfo Makassar. He added that educational outreach had also reached island schools just two weeks prior.

Even two weeks ago we also visited schools in the island region to provide the same education regarding PP Tunas.

— Muhammad RoemHead of Diskominfo Makassar highlighting the reach of the educational campaign.

Roem emphasized that the core principle of PP Tunas is the "Wait Until Ready" campaign. This encourages children to use social media according to their age and developmental stage. Certain platforms are restricted for younger children due to concerns about their impact on development, mental health, and safety. "There are several platforms that children cannot access yet because they can affect their growth, mental health, and safety in the digital space," Roem explained, reiterating that the regulation aims to limit access until children are prepared, rather than outright prohibit technology use.

There are several platforms that children cannot access yet because they can affect their growth, mental health, and safety in the digital space.

— Muhammad RoemHead of Diskominfo Makassar explaining the rationale behind platform restrictions for minors.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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