<![CDATA[The development of digital technology has encouraged children to become active users of social media, thereby exposing them to various risks concerning their rights, safety, and development. This study aims to analyze the legal framework for protecting children who use social media in Indonesia and to formulate an ideal legal regulatory concept to address the normative gap concerning the minimum age requirement. This study employs a normative legal research method using conceptual and comparative legal approaches. It analyzes Indonesian legislation, legal doctrines, and minimum-age regulatory practices in the United States and the European Union. The results indicate that the legal framework for protecting child social media users in Indonesia remains general and does not specifically regulate a minimum age requirement. Consequently, preventive measures to protect children in the digital environment remain inadequate. An ideal legal regulatory framework requires the establishment of a minimum age requirement through specific regulations, accompanied by age-verification mechanisms, obligations for platforms to provide child-safety features, parental consent requirements, digital literacy education, and structured state supervision. This study recommends the establishment of specific regulations governing the minimum age for social media use, taking into account the principle of the best interests of the child, legal certainty, and the responsibilities of the state and electronic system providers.]]>
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