* Indonesia Name Meta, Tiktok over combating disinformation * Platforms are facing fines for failing to remove harmful content * Such content has elicited protests, deep faks that have made the official Jakarta, August 27 (Reuters) – Indonesia has a representatives of Meta platforms Inc. They have the moderation of moderation of them, and they have boosted. Officer said on Wednesday. Such disinformation, especially on Tiktok and Meta’s Instagram, caused anger and urged protests against the government, Deputy Minister of Communications, Angga Raka Prabowo, told Reuters. The government will request the platforms to moderate or remove such content, as well as everything related to pornography and online gambling, without waiting for a government request, Angga said. “They must comply with the rules because our goal is to protect this country. Fines in the rules are reprimands, fines, temporary suspension, recall of access or even kick out a list of registered electronic platforms,” he said. “The impact (of disinformation) is chaos … and people do not receive accurate and complete information.” Separate meetings with Tiktok and Meta were planned later this week and the government will also send an invitation to Elon Musk’s X and YouTube Indonesia, he said. The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Tiktok and Instagram each have more than 100 million accounts in Indonesia, of the largest in the world. Examples of disinformation were a deep false video of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Inspati who said teachers are a burden on the country, Angga said. Some content incorrectly marked the recent footage of riots in Jakarta, he said, citing the demonstration of Monday when hundreds were collided with police and arrested, some of them under 18, while protesting against excessive payment and benefits for members of parliament. The Child Protection Commission reported that some of the detained youths joined the demonstration after looking at Tiktok videos to make protests, Angga said. (Reporting by Ananda Teresia; Additional Reporting by Stefanno Sulaiman; Editing by Gayatri Suroyo and Bernadette Baum)
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