{"id":777010168,"date":"2023-10-16T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010168"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:08:48","slug":"indonesia-demands-meta-remove-online-gambling-content-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-demands-meta-remove-online-gambling-content-in","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia demands Meta remove online gambling content in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Communication and Informatics has issued a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- The Ministry of Communication and Informatics has demanded that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to remove online gambling content from its digital platforms in Indonesia. Communication and informatics minister <strong>Budi Arie Setiadi<\/strong> said Meta must address the issue of online gambling and slot content within 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s director general of public information and communication, <strong>Usman Kansong<\/strong>, said Meta had begun to remove content but that much was still available. He demanded the company submit a report on the removed items. Kansong said failure to do so could prompt the communication and informatics minister to escalate the matter to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister, Budi Arie Setiadi, reported that during his three-month tenure, which commenced on July 17, 2023, nearly 400,000 items of online gambling content have been\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-1700-bank-accounts-linked-to-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">removed in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-police-addressed-77-cases-of-online-gambling-so-far-this-year\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indonesia: police addressed 77 cases of online gambling so far this year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Communication and Informatics has issued a warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777007112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics has issued a directive to Meta, demanding the immediate removal of online gambling and slot content from its digital platforms within 24 hours. Failure to comply could lead to escalation to law enforcement, underscoring Indonesia's stringent stance on illicit gaming operations and content distribution. This action follows the removal of nearly 400,000 items of online gambling content since July 2023.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Meta, Facebook, Budi Arie Setiadi, Usman Kansong","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), affiliate_publisher (0.85), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Meta's Compliance Strategy","query":"What specific technical and governance frameworks will Meta implement to ensure comprehensive and proactive removal of illicit online gambling content across its platforms in Indonesia, beyond reactive measures?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Impact","query":"How might this aggressive regulatory stance by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics influence other jurisdictions' approaches to platform liability for illegal iGaming content, and what are the potential implications for global B2B\/B2C licensing and operational strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777010168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010168","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=777010168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041142,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010168\/revisions\/777041142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777007112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}