JAKARTA, March 25 - Videogame platform Roblox ( RBLX ) will

introduce content and communications controls for players under

16 in Indonesia to comply with the country's social media block

for children, Matt Kaufman, Roblox's ( RBLX ) Chief Safety Officer, said

in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

* Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high risk"

social media accounts for under 16s, according to a ministerial

regulation issued earlier this month.

* The deactivations are set to take effect on March 28, said

Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's Communications and Digital Minister.

* Roblox ( RBLX ), Instagram, Google's YouTube, and TikTok, owned by

China's ByteDance, were among the platforms identified by the

Communications and Digital Ministry earlier this month as high

risk.

* "This week, we announced that in order to address regional

requirements in Indonesia, we will soon introduce additional

controls on content and communication for players under the age

of 16 years old in Indonesia," Kaufman said.

* Roblox ( RBLX ) did not provide details about the additional

controls.

* Social media platform X said that starting from March 28,

its Indonesian users must be at least 16 years old to have an

account.

* X said on its website that Indonesia's minimum age

requirement "prevents age-restricted social media platforms,

including X, from letting people under 16 create or keep an

account. It's not our choice - it's what Indonesian law

requires."

* A number of countries, including Australia, have imposed

curbs on social media for children amid mounting concerns about

the safety and mental health of underage users.