digital platforms

  1. Publisher Rights in Indonesia: Quality Journalism, Platforms, and Policy Friction

    The draft regulation on publisher rights became a mirror for Indonesia’s media industry long before it became a policy. What began as a presidential push to protect quality journalism from platform dependency instead exposed deep fractures inside the press, uncertainty inside government, and...
  2. CADE Blocks WhatsApp AI Ban in Brazil Interim Relief Keeps Third Party Bots

    Brazil’s competition authority has taken the brakes off a change that would have shut rival AI assistants out of WhatsApp, issuing interim measures that suspend Meta’s October 2025 Business Solution Terms and preserve third‑party AI access for Brazilian users while a full inquiry proceeds. The...