Meta, TikTok, Google Oppose Indonesia's AI Copyright Law Changes

Meta, TikTok and Google have objected to planned revisions to Indonesia's copyright law covering artificial intelligence, according to a Reuters report. The three companies are opposing the changes jointly as they move through Indonesia's policymaking process, the report says.

The underlying Reuters article was not available in full to HTT News beyond its headline and summary line, so the specific legal language under dispute, the government body sponsoring it, and any formal statements from the companies could not be independently verified for this report. What follows is organized around what the available reporting confirms and what it leaves open.

What is Indonesia proposing to change in its copyright law?

Reuters describes the measure as a set of "planned" revisions to Indonesia's copyright law specifically addressing artificial intelligence. The word "planned" indicates the changes have not been enacted and remain under consideration. The report, as available to HTT News, does not specify whether the draft would impose new licensing requirements on AI developers, create liability rules for training on copyrighted material, or carve out exceptions for certain uses. Those details were not included in the material reviewed.

Which companies are objecting, and why does their position matter?

The report names three companies opposing the revisions: Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp; TikTok, the short-video platform owned by China's ByteDance; and Google, the Alphabet-owned search and advertising company. All three operate consumer platforms in Indonesia, one of the largest internet markets in Southeast Asia by user count, and all three have built generative AI features into their products in recent years, including AI assistants, image tools and content-recommendation systems trained in part on material that flows through their platforms.

That dependence on platform data for AI training is the backdrop against which copyright legislation becomes commercially consequential for these firms. Rules that restrict how AI systems can use copyrighted text, images or video — whether through new consent requirements, compensation schemes or liability exposure — can directly affect how companies train and deploy AI products in a given market. The same tension has surfaced in copyright disputes and legislative proposals in other countries as AI companies expand their products, though the specifics of Indonesia's draft are distinct from those debates and were not detailed in the available report.

What have the companies said, and what remains undisclosed?

No direct statements from Meta, TikTok or Google were included in the portion of the Reuters report reviewed for this account. The report's framing — that the companies are joining together to "push back" — suggests some form of coordinated opposition, whether through public comment, formal submissions to Indonesian authorities, or industry-group advocacy. None of those mechanisms is specified in the available summary, and HTT News could not confirm which, if any, of the three companies has issued its own public statement separate from the joint position described by Reuters.

How has this dispute developed?

The available reporting does not establish a timeline for when Indonesia's government first circulated the draft revisions or when Meta, TikTok and Google first raised objections. What is confirmed is that the dispute is active as of mid-November 2026, when Reuters' report was published, and that it concerns a measure still described as "planned" rather than final. Earlier legislative steps, committee hearings or public-comment periods referenced in the fuller Reuters article were not available for review.

What happens next in Indonesia's legislative process?

Because the revisions remain in draft form, according to Reuters, Indonesian lawmakers or the relevant ministry would need to take further action — such as finalizing text, holding additional hearings, or bringing the measure to a vote — before any new copyright rules covering AI take effect. The report does not specify an expected timeline for that process or whether the objections raised by Meta, TikTok and Google have prompted any changes to the draft so far. HTT News will follow the Reuters report and any subsequent statements from Indonesian authorities or the companies involved as the process develops.

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