After Examination, Meta and Google Given Deadline to Complete Documents

The government is facing a policy dilemma with no truly comfortable options. The government has not eased pressure on Meta and Google. After undergoing examinations at the Ministry of Communication and Digital, the two tech giants are now required to promptly complete documents as a follow-up to allegations of violating child protection rules in the digital realm.

Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid emphasised that the examination process for Meta and Google has entered the next stage. In this phase, both companies have been given three days to submit the required document completions.

“This is entering the three-day period for document completion. They need to complete the documents from yesterday’s examination results,” said Meutya at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta on Wednesday (8/4).

This step indicates that the government does not want the examination to stop at mere clarification. Kemkomdigi is now awaiting concrete evidence of Meta and Google’s compliance with Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on the Governance of Electronic Systems in Child Protection, or PP Tunas.

Previously, examinations of Meta and Google were conducted separately at the Kemkomdigi office on Monday (6/4) and Tuesday (7/4). In that process, each company was questioned with 29 questions to delve into allegations of violations of applicable regulations in Indonesia.

The government has assessed from the outset that the summons was not without reason. Meutya has previously emphasised that Meta and Google were summoned because they are suspected of not fulfilling the provisions in PP Tunas along with its derivative regulations.

The main focus is on Minister of Komdigi Regulation No. 9 of 2026, which serves as the implementing regulation for PP Tunas. In that policy, Meta’s services such as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, as well as YouTube under Google, are classified as high-risk digital platforms.

With that status, these platforms bear greater obligations, including restricting children’s access to their services. Therefore, the document completion now requested by the government is not merely a formality, but part of testing compliance with the responsibilities of digital platforms in protecting children in cyberspace.

To date, Kemkomdigi is still awaiting follow-up from Meta and Google. The response from the two companies in the coming days will determine whether the examination results in administrative compliance or opens a new chapter in digital regulation enforcement in Indonesia.