Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs will again call Instagram to discuss the issue of regulating imported used clothing products in Indonesia. This time the government will summon a higher party, namely the CEO of Meta Asia Pacific.
Previously, the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs had met with the Instagram team to ask them to block accounts selling imported used clothing products on the platform.
However, at that time Instagram felt it had no responsibility to take down the post. Because the company acts as a platform.
“We might want to call the CEO, who is even higher up. Because this is a problem, we have regulations, we have laws, the products are illegal, we have asked for a takedown but yes the answer is like that,” said the Assistant Deputy for Finance and SME Investment, Deputy for SMEs, KemenKopUKM, Temmy Satya Permana, after a media discussion with the theme ‘MSMEs Upgrade to a Golden Indonesia’ which was held by Forwakop in Jakarta, Friday (17/11/2023).
This means that there are still differences in views between the government and platforms regarding the regulations regarding illegal goods in Indonesia. Temmy said that the government wants existing regulations in the country to be recognized and obeyed.
Because this platform operates and is used by the Indonesian people.
“He knows the regulations are like this, so he must also comply with our regulations. The users are our users, our Indonesian citizens,” he explained.
However, he did not specify when this meeting would take place, whether this year or next year.
“Well, I’ll just wait for the minister’s orders. The minister wants to meet the CEO of TikTok first and then go to Meta. Just wait for the game date.” he concluded.
The Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Teten Masduki, some time ago stated that the illegal sale of used clothes through e-commerce and social media could have a big impact. This is also not the first time this seller has appeared on Instagram.
Previously, it had also been found on Google. However, Teten said the search engine giant immediately removed the content from its platform.
“So at that time we appealed to Google, they took it down, no one is selling or promoting illegal used clothes anymore,” he said.
Teten emphasized that service providers such as Instagram have full responsibility for the content on their platform. According to him, Instagram must start implementing this ethic.
Even though there are no regulations yet, the government wants a commitment from platforms because they do business in Indonesia. Because selling smuggled used goods is criminal and illegal.
“Well, selling contraband goods is a crime, so we want them to have that commitment. The development of platform regulations in the world has been like that. The platform must be responsible for the content on the platform.” explained Teten.
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