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.

Indonesia intends to implement interim child protection guidelines for social media companies, amid efforts to legislate a minimum age for users. This follows Australia's lead in safeguarding minors online and aims to balance protection with access to information for underage internet users.

Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children, its communications minister has said.

Indonesia intends to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for social media users, a move aimed at protecting children, Reuters reported citing the country's communications minister. Minister Meutya Hafid did not disclose what the minimum age would be in Indonesia.