Experts noted that similar maximum interest rate rules exist in other countries, but argued that Indonesia’s implementation needs improvement.  

Indonesia summoned officials from Meta and Google over non-compliance with social media restrictions for children under 16 that went into full effect last week, a minister said in a video statement published on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Fintech Association (AFPI) has expressed disappointment over the ruling, saying that the maximum economic benefit set by its members was determined under a directive from the Financial Services Authority (OJK).

Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high ​risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according ​to a ministerial regulation issued earlier this month.

OpenAI will begin showing ads to all users of the free and Go versions of ChatGPT in the United States in the coming weeks, a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

Indonesia has turned into a net importer of crude oil and fuels since early 2000s as output declined while demand kept rising, leaving Southeast Asia’s largest economy vulnerable to global price shocks. 

Nearly half of the country’s daily fuel use is met through imports as consumption climbed to 232,417 kiloliters per day in 2025.

Google's final challenge against the KPPU's anti-monopoly ruling last year ended in failure on Tuesday, when the Supreme Court issued a decision to uphold the competition watchdog’s US$12 million fine and related orders against the mandated the use of its payment system for local developers.

If Meta settles on the 20 percent figure, the layoffs will be the company's most significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the "year of efficiency."

Jury deliberations are set to begin Friday in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of intentionally trying to hook young internet users.

Trump had ordered the government to stop using Anthropic, calling it a threat to national security after it refused to agree to unconditional military use of its Claude models.

Last year, online transportation aps determined the bonus based on driver activity, the number of completed orders, online hours and performance ratings.

New data centers -- warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are mushrooming worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia.

Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, top computer science researcher Stuart Russell told AFP on Tuesday, calling for governments to pull the brakes.

As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which opens Monday in New Delhi.

Some technology firms deliberately avoid using personally identifiable information in their AI models to reduce compliance risks, despite the limitations this places on their ability to improve operational efficiency.

China's ByteDance has rolled out its Doubao 2.0 model, an upgrade of the country's most widely used artificial-intelligence app, the company said on Saturday.

Meta and Google-owned YouTube were accused Monday of pushing highly addictive apps on children as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court.

According to local reports, Bithumb was meant to send about 2,000 won (US$1.37) to each customer as part of a promotion, but mistakenly transferred roughly 2,000 bitcoins per user.

The collaboration is expected to push digital innovation and ensure the safety, scalability and performance of organizations in Indonesia.

Starlink collects vast amounts of user data, spanning location information, credit card information, contact information and user IP addresses.

Up 18 percent in a year, Indonesia’s US$1 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) growth is the highest in the region.

The company operates a platform that processes inbound and outbound visa applications using AI-enabled systems.

India's central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the US dollar as geopolitical tensions rise.

Initial figures showed platforms were taking meaningful action to remove underage users, Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.

The climb-down by Musk, who initially laughed off the trend, highlights the difficulty of policing AI tools that make it cheap and easy to create explicit content. It is the latest clash between Europe and Musk, following rows over election interference, content moderation and free speech.

Experts have called for a change in thinking among business leaders and regulators after Indonesia plummeted from position 48 to 84 in a global ranking of countries for cybersecurity.

X says it takes action against illegal content on the platform, including child sexual abuse material, by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.

The default rate of peer-to-peer lending in the fintech industry has worsened, with the ratio of 90 days past due (TWP90) loans to total loans standing at 4.33 percent in November, up from 2.52 percent in November 2024, according to Financial Authority Services (OJK) data.  

Grok has faced global backlash after it emerged the feature allowed users to sexualize images of women and children using simple text prompts such as "put her in a bikini" or "remove her clothes."