Dewi Kurniawati and Stanley Widianto, Reuters, In major blow to TikTok, Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media, 27 Sep 2023

“The government said the move, which takes effect immediately, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that predatory pricing on social media platforms is threatening small and medium-sized enterprises.”

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