Indonesia will restrict the sale of goods on social media through the revision of Minister of Trade Regulation. The new regulation, according to trade minister Zulkifli Hasan, will limit the use of social media platforms to advertising for goods and services only.
Social media can only facilitate the promotion of goods or services and cannot facilitate direct transactions and direct payments. The government has firmly divided “social media” and “social commerce” platforms to avert the use of personal data for business purposes.
