Indonesia's ban on social media e-commerce worries sellers

TikTok to halt transactions, potentially benefiting rivals Shopee, Tokopedia

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A woman sells clothing live on a social media platform inside her stall at a mall in Jakarta. © Reuters

NANA SHIBATA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- Lucia Aulia, a 38-year-old housewife in Indonesia's West Java province, has been generating income by selling beauty products on TikTok, the popular short-video app that also has a shopping feature.

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