On March 27, 2026, Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs formally recognized BIGO LIVE — alongside X — as one of just two platforms fully compliant with PP Tunas, the government's sweeping new child protection regulation, at a press conference in Jakarta. As Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian nation to enforce under-16 access restrictions on high-risk digital platforms, BIGO LIVE went a step further by raising its minimum user age to 18, setting a new bar for the industry.

Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 — widely known as PP Tunas — officially entered enforcement on March 28, 2026, making Indonesia the first non-Western country to implement age-appropriate restrictions for children in the digital space. The regulation requires all designated high-risk platforms to disable accounts belonging to users under 16, roll out verified age-checking mechanisms, and apply default high-privacy settings for minors.

Eight platforms were named under the first enforcement phase:

The urgency behind the law is hard to ignore — approximately 70 million Indonesians are under the age of 16, and mounting concerns over cyberbullying, online exploitation, pornography, and compulsive screen use have made digital child safety a national priority.

BIGO LIVE set its minimum user age at 18, which is two full years above the 16-year threshold mandated by PP Tunas. This commitment is formally enshrined in BIGO LIVE's user agreement and privacy policy — not just an internal directive, but a publicly binding standard. For Indonesian users and creators alike, this means the platform they're logging onto has drawn a firmer line than the law itself requires.

Setting an age floor is only effective if it's actually enforced. That's why BIGO LIVE also strengthened its backend monitoring infrastructure through a multi-layered moderation system that combines artificial intelligence with human oversight to detect and address underage accounts. This dual-engine approach tackles the real-world problem head-on: age policies only work when the systems behind them have the muscle to back them up.

The compliance scorecard as of March 28, 2026 was blunt: only X and BIGO LIVE had fully met PP Tunas requirements. The contrast elsewhere was striking.

Minister Meutya Hafid made it clear that ticking administrative boxes isn't enough — compliance has to show up in measurable, on-the-ground system changes.

Beyond the Indonesian market, BIGO LIVE's early and proactive compliance reinforces its standing as a responsible livestreaming platform on the global stage — a reputation that matters to advertisers, brand partners, and creators who are increasingly deliberate about where their content lives. Indonesia's official recognition is not just a local win; it's a signal of the kind of platform BIGO LIVE is choosing to be.