Meta and TikTok joined Google on Wednesday in pushing back against planned changes to Indonesia’s copyright law. Company officials made their case to lawmakers at a parliamentary hearing.
The revisions would require digital platforms to pay publishers for showing news content, and they would set rules for AI. If the bill passes, Indonesia could become the first country in Southeast Asia to have an AI copyright law.
Agung Pamungkas, Google’s government affairs and public policy manager in Indonesia, said paying for links to news content would limit people’s access to news. Berni Moestafa, Meta’s public policy head in the country, said the payment rule could hurt publishers as well.
They “could lose readership traffic as well as potential advertising and subscription revenue,” Moestafa said. He also argued that pointing readers to an article is different from copying or republishing it.
TikTok focused on the AI rules. Noudhy Valdryno, TikTok’s Head of Public Policy in Indonesia, said disclosure rules should not apply when AI only assists a creator instead of making the content on its own. He further urged lawmakers to keep safe-harbor protections, since platforms cannot reliably tell who owns a copyright or holds a license.
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Officials say AI has shaken the old copyright system. Hermansyah Siregar, a law ministry official who oversees intellectual property, said earlier that unregulated generative AI could suppress human creativity.
The bill would replace the country’s 2014 copyright law. According to the July draft coverage, tech firms that do not comply could face sanctions, including the loss of local business permits.
Google has already warned that rigid, overbroad mandates could slow innovation. Press groups have defended the news payment idea, saying journalists need stronger legal protection. The government has said the draft is not final and that it is still seeking input.