Antara News·Indonesia·Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM

Indonesia finalizes fines of up to 6% of global revenue for tech firms

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Farhan Arda Nugraha, Yashinta Difa

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has finalized a sanctions mechanism and strict fines, including penalties of up to 6 percent of global revenue for multinational technology firms, for platforms that violate new child protection regulations.

The financial penalties, designed to enforce Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on Child Protection in Electronic Systems, known locally as PP TUNAS, target non-compliant digital platforms, particularly eight services flagged as high-risk: YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox

"The government has finalized the fine imposition formula as part of its compliance enforcement instruments,” Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said at a press conference here on Monday.

Strict administrative fines, according to her, are necessary to ensure that child protection mandates carry real consequences for non-compliant platforms.

Under the newly established framework, global digital platforms face fines equal to 6 percent of their global revenue for violations.

For domestic private electronic system operators (PSEs), maximum fines are capped based on business scale in line with Government Regulation No. 7 of 2021, Rp1 billion (approximately US$56,800) for micro-enterprises, Rp5 billion (US$284,000) for small enterprises and Rp10 billion (US$568,000) for medium-sized enterprises.

The proposed fine structure has completed public consultation and has been formally communicated to operators.

The ministry has also submitted the draft to the Finance Ministry to be codified into a formal non-tax state revenue (PNBP) regulation.

Beyond steep financial penalties, non-compliant platforms face escalating administrative sanctions, including feature suspensions and complete domain blocking within Indonesia.

"Naturally, we do not wish to resort to this, we hope that these platforms will make tangible and significant changes to comply with existing regulations in Indonesia," Meutya said.

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