Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online content

Indonesia summons Meta, TikTok over curbing of disinformation

Platforms face penalties for failing to remove harmful content

Such content has sparked protests, deep fakes targeting official

JAKARTA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Indonesia has summoned representatives of Meta Platforms Inc, ByteDance’s TikTok and other social media platforms, ordering them to boost content moderation as disinformation has spread online, a government official said on Wednesday.

Such disinformation, particularly on TikTok and Meta’s Instagram, has stoked anger and spurred…