Tik Tok Got 10 Million Active Users in Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the important countries for video sharing services, Tik Tok . No wonder the TikTok management team rushed from China to Indonesia, a day after the government blocked it. "In Indonesia we have 10 million monthly active users," said SVP Bytedance, Zhen Liu, post meeting with Minister of Communication and Information Technology (Menkominfo), Rudiantara, at Kominfo office, Medan Merdeka, Jakarta, Wednesday (4/7/2018) . Bytedance is the parent company of TikTok which also houses Musical.ly and several other video platforms. The Chinese company also invested in news aggregator service from Indonesia, BABE.
Zhen Liu indicated that the TikTok community base in Indonesia is growing positively, although its own service has been popular in recent months. Therefore, he and his team are committed to obeying government rules in order to continue operating. "We want to be even better in providing services that inspire people to be creative. We will comply with the rules applicable in Indonesia, "he said. The requirements of the government, among others, TikTok should clean up the negative content and guarantee no more similar content in the future. "We also require the age limit of TikTok users to be upgraded, not 12 years. If there can also be a special team that oversees the content in Indonesia and there is something we can contact when there is a problem, "said Rudiantara, on the same occasion.
Zhen Liu agreed with the terms. He promised to increase the age limit of users to 16 years. He also boasted to have just recruited 20 people to become "content moderator" in Indonesia. "Until the end of this year, we are targeting 200 people who will be content moderators ," he said.
TikTok phenomenon is not only in Indonesia, but also around the world, especially Asia. As of June 2018, TikTok's active users reached 150 million. Throughout the first quarter (Q1) 2018, TikTok established itself as the most downloaded application that is 45.8 million times. The number beat other popular apps such as YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram.
