Indonesia summons Meta, Google over social media curbs

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Indonesia's communications minister says Meta has opposed the country's social media curbs. -AP

Indonesia has summoned officials from Meta and Google over non-compliance with social media restrictions for children under 16.

Indonesia requires ‌social media companies with platforms it deems high risk to deactivate accounts belonging to ‌children under 16, under a law that took effect last week.

Indonesia's Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said Meta and Google are "two business entities that are non-compliant with the law" and that they were summoned on Monday to "undergo checks".

Failure to implement ‌the curbs may ‌result ⁠in sanctions or even a block on the platform, the ​ministry has said.

Meutya said Google and Meta had opposed the curbs from the very beginning.

Google and Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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 ​ban in 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 per cent in 2025, according to a survey by the Indonesia Internet Service Providers' Association. The ​survey showed it was 87.8 per cent among users aged 13 to 28.

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