Football emerges as India’s second-most popular sport after Cricket: NielsenFootball is now India's second-most popular sport among adults, trailing only cricket, according to new Nielsen research. The sport's popul...
27 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
'Not fond of Indians': Taiwan candidate Lee Hung-Yi's billboard banning turbaned man, upside-down Indian flag sparks concernTaiwan anti-India billboard: A political candidate in Taiwan Lee Hung-Yi has ignited a social media firestorm with a billboard opposing Ind...
25 May, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with IndonesiaWikimedia Foundation reached a compromise with the Indonesian government, averting a potential Wikipedia block. The foundation secured assu...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
YouTube complies with Indonesia's social media curbs, minister saysGoogle's YouTube has handed over a "letter of compliance" to Indonesia's communications minister, minister Meutya Hafid said in a press c...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with child social media curbs, minister saysIn a bold move, Indonesia has called on representatives from Meta and Google due to new regulations targeting social media use among childr...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
TikTok says live feature temporarily suspended in Indonesia over protestsTikTok temporarily suspended its live feature in Indonesia after violent protests erupted following a police-related death. The platform ci...
30 Aug, 2025, 09.13 PM IST
How TikTok saved its ecommerce business in IndonesiaIndonesia was a critical market and the first place where TikTok rolled out this feature. The app, owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDanc...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
TikTok violates Indonesian in-app transactions ban, says ministerFollowing the implementation of Indonesian regulations in October 2023 aimed at safeguarding local businesses and user data, TikTok was com...
20 Feb, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
TikTok to invest $1.5 billion in GoTo's Indonesia ecommerce businessThe deal comes after Indonesia in October banned online shopping on social media platforms to protect smaller merchants and users' data, fo...
11 Dec, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
TikTok to obtain Indonesia ecommerce permit after ban: state mediaIn September, Indonesia banned ecommerce transactions on social media, a major blow for TikTok, which had pledged to invest billions of dol...
29 Nov, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
TikTok, YouTube, Meta mulling Indonesia ecommerce licencesIndonesia's trade ministry banned ecommerce transactions on social media a month ago, saying it sought to protect small and midsize offline...
26 Oct, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
TikTok shuts shopping feature in Indonesia following banTikTok, a hugely popular short-form video platform, shut down its Shop apparatus in Indonesia on Wednesday after the country banned commerc...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
TikTok ends retail business in Indonesia after ban on social media shoppingThe Indonesian government announced the new regulation, which prohibits social media companies from facilitating sales of products on their...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
TikTok to halt transactions on its app in Indonesia from WednesdayThe Indonesian government has said the ban, imposed last week, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that preda...
03 Oct, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
TikTok says it regrets Indonesia's decision to to ban ecommerce sales on social media platformsIndonesia banned goods transactions on social media platforms such as TikTok in a bid to protect small businesses from e-commerce competiti...
28 Sep, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
TikTok in talks to gain Indonesian payments licenceThe news follows an announcement by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in June that the short video platform would invest billions of dollars in Indon...
04 Aug, 2023, 02.36 PM IST
TikTok launches subscription-based music service to take on Spotify, AppleThe subscription-only music streaming service called "TikTok Music" has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia and replaces ByteDance'...
07 Jul, 2023, 11.51 AM IST