Government says regulation aimed at protecting small businesses from competition
Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms as it aims to protect small businesses from e-commerce competition.
Calls had grown in recent months for a regulation governing social media and e-commerce, with offline sellers seeing their livelihoods threatened by the sale of cheaper products on TikTok Shop and other platforms.
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