Trusted Shops
| Issue | Relevant Indonesian Law | Current Status | |-------|------------------------|----------------| | Defamation (Pencemaran Nama Baik) | Law No. 11/2008 on Information & Electronic Transactions (UU ITE) – Article 27 (1) | Lawsuit filed by Aca Jambak Ewe; case pending. | | Privacy / Right to One’s Image | Law No. 28/2014 on Intellectual Property – Article 9 (right of publicity) | TikTok removed content citing privacy breach. | | Platform Liability | Regulation No. 13/2022 on Electronic System Operators (PSE) | TikTok classified as “PSE”; obligated to respond within 24 h to complaints. | | Deep‑Fake Regulation | Draft Bill on Electronic Information (still under legislative review, 2025‑2026) | No binding rule yet; debate intensified after the scandal. |
Ethical concerns:
Key themes (derived from LDA topic modelling):
Demographic breakdown (based on publicly available TikTok analytics):
Comparative note: Similar “TikTok scandal” cycles have occurred in Brazil (2024) and South Korea (2025); the Indonesian case is unique for its direct entanglement with a national lifestyle brand (INDO18) and for triggering a public‑policy conversation on AI‑generated media.
