The day after Indonesia suspended the Tiktok operating license in the country, it quickly reconciled the suspension after the company of social networks gave the government what it wanted: data from broadcasting the broadcast during National anti -government protests in AugustField
Alexander Sabar, General Director for Supervision of Digital Space from the Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies of Indonesia (Komdigi), said statement On Saturday, Tiktok “presented the requested data regarding the escalation of traffic and activities of Tiktok Live Monetization” and that the country, in turn, “stopped the temporary suspension” of the Chinese platform.
The suspension of the license caused concern about social networks about the clamp of freedom of speech without helping President Prabovo SubantoAssociations with the Dodemocratic past of Indonesia, during which he was a general accused of violations of human rights and war crimes.
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The protests throughout the year reproached the domestic policy of the great -grandmother, which was perceived in favor of the political elite of Indonesia. Ten people died in recent protests, and Tiktok, in Indonesia more than 100 million accounts in Indonesia, He suspended its operation In the country, for several days of violence, in order to maintain the platform “safe and civilian space”.
Here's what to know.
Why was the Tiktok operating license suspended?
The suspension of the license is associated with the allegations that during protests, a direct broadcast of Tiktok was monetized. In early September, the police of Jakarta Approved that some Tiktok users are purposefully broadcast live during violence to encourage the audience to give them gifts or virtual prizes that can be exchanged for cash.
Alexander, an official of the commander, said that from the alleged monetization of direct employees from the accounts of “suspects in the activities of online games”, the ministry requested Tiktok data about traffic, direct broadcast and monetization, including the quantity and cost of these gifts. Alexander said Tiktok was called on September 16 to clarify, and that social networks have received the deadline on September 23 to submit data.
Tiktok, however, answered September 23 that he has internal politicians and rules for processing data that prevented him from providing an Indonesian request. Since Tiktok could not fulfill, Komdigi decided that Tiktok “violated its obligations” as a private supplier of electronic services and suspended a license. Alexander said that the ministry was “committed to the support of national legal sovereignty in digital management, including providing user protection, especially vulnerable groups, such as children and adolescents, from potential improper use of digital functions for illegal activity.”
The suspension, however, was administrative and did not make up the application of the application, Alexander Said BloombergField
With more than 100 million users, Tiktok provided economic life for many in Indonesia, especially those who use Tiktok Shop or Tiktok, live for e -commerce. But the House of Indonesia Representatives said that the suspension of the license will not have a serious impact on such users.
IN Application in the media In the suspension of the license, Tiktok said that “respects laws and regulatory acts” in the countries in which he works, and that he works with the ministry, “for a constructive solution to this problem”.
Why did the suspension anxiety?
Digital repressions have become a constant problem in Indonesia and in other countries that are faced with internal shocks, such as Nepal, where the social network stop last month Twisted protests This ultimately overthrew the government. The Constitutional Court of Indonesia Controlled in 2021 that the government can block and block the Internet of the country during social riots.
Last month, the Digital Rights Group group South -Eastern Asia Freedom of Expressions (Safenet) raised The fear that social networks in Indonesia imposed “heavy restrictions and excessive moderation of content” in the light of the country's protests, and she accused the Meta-Materinsky company Facebook, that he removed the content associated with protests on his platforms.
The group also slammed like The authorities are arrested Some users of social networks and activists supposedly incite violence.
Digital rights defenders have also pushed to the sentence To limit a person to only one account on social networks on the platform, supposedly as a means of disorder. This proposal received an increase in September, but critics said that this could reduce democracy, which makes those who disagree immediately identified and persecuted.
“The government will request personal data, whether it is a national identification number or other personal data, so our activities on social networks can be monitored,” – Hafizh Nabiyin, head of the freedom of freedom of expression of the sefinet, said At that time South Chinese morning postThe field “ultimately, this violation of confidentiality will affect our freedom of expression.”
