Tech Giants Oppose Indonesia's Proposed Copyright and AI Laws
Meta, TikTok, and Google are lobbying against Indonesian copyright revisions that would require platforms to pay news publishers and regulate artificial intelligence.
Representatives from Meta, TikTok, and Google opposed proposed revisions to Indonesia's copyright law during a parliamentary hearing on November 11. The proposed legislation would mandate that digital platforms pay publishers for displaying news content and establish new regulations for artificial intelligence, specifically addressing the use of human-created work to train AI models.
The technology companies argued that requiring payments for news links would restrict public access to information. They further claimed such mandates would cause publishers to lose advertising revenue and readership traffic. TikTok specifically urged lawmakers to maintain safe-harbour protections and argued that disclosure requirements should not apply when AI is used only in an assistive capacity.
If passed, Indonesia would become the first Southeast Asian nation to integrate AI into its copyright legislation. The move represents a significant shift in how the region handles the intersection of generative AI and intellectual property rights.
