Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with child social media curbs, minister says

Indonesia summoned officials from Meta and Google over non-compliance ​with social media restrictions ​for children under 16 that went into full ​effect last week, a minister said in a video statement published on Tuesday.

Indonesia requires social media companies with platformsit deems high risk to deactivate accounts ‌belonging to ⁠childrenunder 16, ⁠under a regulation that went into effect last week.

Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's Communications ​and DigitalMinister, said Meta and Google are "two business entities thatare non-compliant with the ​law" and that they were summoned onMonday to "undergo checks".


Failure to implement the curbs may result in sanctions oreven a block on ​the platform, the ministry has said. Meutya ⁠said Google ‌and Meta had opposed the curbs from thevery ​beginning. Google ​and Meta did not immediately respond to a ⁠request for comment on Tuesday.

Both companies said last week ​they had put in place safeguards for children. Roblox ​and TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, are two other platforms deemed high risk by the ministry. Meutya said the ministry sent a warning to the two companies to be fully compliant or risk being summoned.

TikTok and Roblox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Indonesia's ‌curbs, which the government says are intended to reduce the risk of cyberbullying and addiction, follow a banin Australia ​last year ​over concerns about ⁠social media's potential harms to young people's mental health. The criteria for high-risk platforms include the possibility of talking to strangers, addictive qualities and psychological risks, ​the ministry said.

Internet penetration in Indonesia reached 80.66% in 2025,according to a survey by the Indonesia Internet ServiceProviders' Association. The survey showed it was 87.8% among "Gen Z" users aged 13 to 28. There are about 70 million children under 16 in Indonesia, Meutya said.