Shop talk: Adapting to legal challenges while selling on social media

A seller wraps merchandise to send to her customer who she's talking to using livestreaming at a store in the Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia. TikTok said it will halt its online-retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country's decision to ban ecommerce transactions on social media platforms. — AP

When Esther Erin Wong found out about Indonesia’s decision to ban ecommerce transactions on social media platforms like TikTok, she said it was quite surprising to see the move being implemented so quickly.

“I can understand from the government’s point of view because I read that retail sales and other marketplaces were drastically affected,” said Wong, the founder of Dododots, a beauty product company.