Meta, TikTok join Google to oppose Indonesia's planned AI copyright law revisions
META•Meta, TikTok and Google pushed back against proposed revisions to Indonesia’s copyright law that would require platforms to pay publishers for displaying news and establish rules for AI.
1. Platforms oppose payment rules
At a parliamentary hearing, Google’s Indonesia government affairs and public policy manager, Agung Pamungkas, said requiring platforms to compensate publishers for showing news links would limit Indonesians’ access to news. Meta public policy head Berni Moestafa said publishers could lose readership traffic and potential advertising and subscription revenue, adding that directing readers to an article differs from reproducing or republishing it.
2. TikTok raises AI concerns
TikTok public policy head in Indonesia Noudhy Valdryno said disclosure requirements should not apply when AI is used only to assist rather than fully create content. He urged lawmakers to preserve safe-harbour protections, saying platforms cannot reliably determine copyright ownership or licences. If passed, the bill could make Indonesia the first country in Southeast Asia to incorporate AI in its copyright law.
