Indonesia has suspended TikTok’s registration to provide electronic systems after it failed to hand over all data relating to the use of its live stream feature, a government official said on Friday.
The suspension could theoretically prevent access to TikTok, which has more than 100 million accounts based in Indonesia. Reuters, however, could access its application as normal on Friday. The ministry did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.
Alexander Sabar, an official at Indonesia’s communications and digital ministry, said in a statement that some accounts with ties to online gambling activities used TikTok’s live stream feature during national protests.
Protests rocked the world’s third-largest democracy over exorbitant lawmaker allowances and police brutality from late August to September. TikTok temporarily suspended its live feature during the protests, saying this was intended to “keep TikTok a safe and civil space”.