{"id":777008042,"date":"2023-08-09T07:44:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008042"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:13:49","slug":"indonesia-886719-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-blocked-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-886719-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-blocked-in-five-years","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia: 886,719 pieces of &#8216;online gambling content&#8217; blocked in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The minister for communications said he will assess more potential action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.-\u00a0Budie Arie, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, has reported that from July 2018 to August 2023, the ministry blocked 886,719\u00a0pieces of online gambling content, averaging daily blocks on 1,500-2,000 sites and dozens of applications including apps like Higgs Domino Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Arie said the Directorate General of Informatics Application had told him that they block 800 gambling accounts each day. According to Tempo, the ministry intends to incorporate online gambling education into its digital literacy initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arie stressed the obligation of law enforcement to apprehend gambling participants and said the communication ministry will collaborate with pertinent bodies to assess potential actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minister for communications said he will assess more potential action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesia's Minister of Communications and Informatics, Budie Arie, reported blocking 886,719 pieces of online gambling content and 800 gambling accounts daily between July 2018 and August 2023. The ministry plans to integrate online gambling education into its digital literacy initiative and collaborate with law enforcement for further action against participants.","focusai_entities":"Budie Arie, Directorate General of Informatics Application, Higgs Domino Island, Tempo","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.85), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected long-term impact of Indonesia's escalating regulatory enforcement on the operational viability and market access strategies for iGaming entities in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Collaboration Scope","query":"How will the stated collaboration between the Ministry of Communications and law enforcement agencies specifically alter the legal and operational risks for both B2C operators and individual participants in the Indonesian online gambling market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777008042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008055,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008042\/revisions\/777008055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}