There Are Still Associations Of Social Media And E-commerce, TikTok Is Reminded To Obey Indonesian Regulations

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) reminded the TikTok platform to comply with government regulations not to combine social media with e-commerce.

His party regrets that the return of TikTok Shop is still not accompanied by significant changes, especially for shopping activities and transactions that can still be made on the TikTok social media platform.

"I see what has happened starting yesterday at 12.12 and the Buying Local program, they are still selling on their social media, they shouldn't be allowed. Regulationally it is forbidden that social media is a communication platform, while TikTok conducts transactions," said Special Staff to the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs in the field of Creative Economic Empowerment Fiki Satari in a written statement received by VOI, Thursday, December 14.

Fiki also emphasized that social media should only be used as a means of promotion, while transactions can be carried out in the marketplace. "From the social media side, we want to open a link out space on other platforms or websites," he said.

He emphasized that many records have stated that the merger of e-commerce and social media on one platform is very vulnerable to data misuse and algorithms

According to him, regulations must be fully applicable and there is no record in the adaptation process. This, said Fiki, also happened to MSME actors, namely if they have not met various aspects of regulation or licensing, they will be given sanctions in accordance with their violations.

In addition, Fiki also understands that in the adaptation room, there will be a trial version, such as the User Acceptance Test (UAT) to test performance, function, and security.

However, he continued, if it was still in the trial stage, it should have been only internally, not to be thrown into the public.

"This is what we want to mitigate," he explained.

Furthermore, Fiki said that his party would coordinate with the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Investment/BKPM as parties that have the authority to mitigate these various problems.

Bearing in mind, Coordinating Minister for SMEs Teten Masduki always said that the interests of the government are in the context of protecting local MSMEs, especially MSME producers. "Moreover, MSMEs are providers of 97 percent of employment in the country," he added.