Indonesia to push social media protections ahead of age-limit law

Indonesian Minister of Information and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, right, at an elementary school in Depok, West Java, Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2025. She said on Jan. 15, 2024, that the government planned to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for social media users.

Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government carves out a law to set a minimum age for users of the platforms, a senior communications ministry official said on Wednesday.