ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy
Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community
A mere two-and-a-half months after Indonesia imposed a ban on social commerce, made-in-China social media giant TikTok and local super-app company GoTo have announced a "strategic e-commerce partnership" in a form that appears to evade the ban....