Meta, TikTok join Google to push back on Indonesia's planned AI copyright law revisions

What happened

Meta and TikTok joined Google in opposing proposed revisions to Indonesia’s copyright law. The plan would require digital platforms to compensate publishers for displaying news content and establish rules for AI. It is not final; if passed, Indonesia could become Southeast Asia’s first country to include AI in its copyright law.

Proposed

Global impact / market context

If adopted, payments for displaying news links could raise platforms’ costs, while publishers might gain compensation but risk losing readers and advertising or subscription income if platforms show less news. The AI rules could also add disclosure duties, depending on how lawmakers define AI-created content.

Analyst inference

The dispute reflects competing interests: platforms say payment rules could restrict access to news, while publishers could receive compensation for content use. Lawmakers are also considering how copyright should cover AI, including the use of human-created work to train AI models; the proposed changes remain uncertain.

Confirmed

What to watch

1. Watch whether lawmakers advance or change the proposed payment requirement, since its final scope would determine which platforms pay publishers for displaying news content. Analyst inference
2. Watch how the bill distinguishes linking to a publisher’s article from reproducing it, a distinction Meta’s representative raised at the parliamentary hearing. Analyst inference
3. Watch whether lawmakers accept TikTok’s request to exempt AI used only as assistance from disclosure rules; the article does not report a decision. Analyst inference

Evidence

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