Indonesian minister blasts TikTok for violating regulations, putting the newly restored e-commerce business in crisis again

An Indonesian cabinet minister said on February 20 that even though short video app TikTok has taken control of the country’s largest e-commerce platform and restarted its online shopping business, it still This violated Indonesian regulations, which prohibit in-app transactions.

In response, Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade said it was still considering how to best deal with this issue.

TikTok said last year it planned to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the region's largest economy.

Indonesia banned online shopping on social media platforms last year out of concern to protect small merchants and user data. This decision resulted in TikTok having to shut down its recently launched e-commerce service platform TikTok Shop in Indonesia.

Before TikTok Shop was banned, Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Teten Masduki had been slamming the platform, accusing it of failing to comply with regulations. He stressed that TikTok still failed to meet compliance standards and called on the trade minister to take action to force TikTok to comply to maintain the government's authority. Masduki believes that the government must take a firm stance on non-compliance and ensure that all businesses comply with regulations to ensure a level playing field. He stressed that the government should take strict measures against any companies that violate regulations to ensure market order and consumer rights.

The Indonesian Technology Group announced that TikTok, a subsidiary of China's ByteDance, has successfully acquired 75.01% of Tokopedia's shares. , the transaction amount was US$840 million, and the transaction was officially completed in December last year.

Indonesian Deputy Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga once emphasized that TikTok is qualified to cooperate with any e-commerce platform as long as it complies with local regulations and procedures.

Currently, TikTok’s representative in Indonesia has not responded. (Author/Dai Yuxin)

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