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X pays fine in Indonesia’s first financial penalty over content moderation

By Roffie Kuniawan ( December 15, 2025, 08:12 GMT | Insight) -- Social media giant X has paid an administrative fine of about 80 million rupiah ($4,800) over content moderation violations in Indonesia, marking the first time the country’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has imposed a financial penalty on a social media company. The fine was imposed under a 2024 ministerial decree that established the Content Moderation Compliance System Governance, known as SAMAN, as Indonesia’s main enforcement framework for online content rules.Social media giant X has paid an administrative fine of about 80 million rupiah ($4,800) over content moderation violations in Indonesia, marking the first time the country’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has imposed a financial penalty on a social media company....

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