Indonesian social media curbs for under-16s take effect

JAKARTA – Anza Zafran ?Utama, a nine-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur ?or a shooter when he plays Roblox on his smartphone. Zafran and his friends regularly hang out on Roblox, the US platform where children can build immersive 3-D worlds and communities and play different characters. But starting on Saturday, under-16s are to be restricted from using the platform under new government rules, after officials designated it high-risk. “I like to joke around with my friends there,” Zafran said of Roblox. His mother, Andina Dwi, said he spends as long as four hours…