19 Countries Follow Indonesia's Rules, from Asia to Europe

Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid revealed that Indonesia’s policy on child protection on social media platforms has attracted attention from many countries. She stated that around 19 countries are waiting for Indonesia’s steps to then implement similar policies.

“This has already been done in Australia and there are about 19 other countries waiting for the implementation in Indonesia to then be applied in their respective countries,” Meutya said when met at the Komdigi Office on Monday (13/4/2026).

Meutya said the government is still awaiting responses from major digital platforms such as YouTube and TikTok regarding increased compliance with the Tunas PP policy. According to her, the response deadline from those platforms is still ongoing.

“For Tunas, we are still in the process of waiting because the time limit is approximately until tomorrow for the enforcement of responses to the matters we have imposed,” she said.

“So, for example, for YouTube, for TikTok, we are asking for increased compliance from the previous partial one, we are indeed still waiting for the process,” Meutya added.

Meutya added that several countries in Europe and Southeast Asia are also monitoring Indonesia’s policy. Singapore and Malaysia are said to be preparing similar regulations, but still in the ‘wait and see’ stage.

According to her, the biggest push comes from the European region. “But the most in Europe, for France of course Macron himself has stated, then the President of the European Union has also stated that they are considering implementing it across the entire European Union,” said Meutya.

In addition, Greece has become the latest country to state that it will regulate the minimum age limit for accessing social media.

“So once again, this movement is already global and of course compliance here will impact not only children in Indonesia, but children in other parts of the world,” she concluded.