{"id":777013582,"date":"2024-02-29T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013582"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:32:12","slug":"indonesia-asks-x-to-develop-system-to-take-down-gambling-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-asks-x-to-develop-system-to-take-down-gambling-ads","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia asks X to develop system to take down gambling ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indonesia&#8217;s communications and information ministry summoned representatives from the former Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indonesia.-&nbsp;<strong>Budie Arie<\/strong>, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, has asked representatives from the Singapore office of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to automate the removal of gambling ads after assuming them to Indonesia. He said that despite warnings, online gambling ads, including those involving public figures, had continued to appear on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan<\/strong>, director-general of informatics application at the ministry, said the ministry wanted to streamline the process of identifying and removing gambling content without manual intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pangerapan said: \u201cTypically, we issue a \u2018notice to take down\u2019 for such content, but it becomes cumbersome if it repeats. We\u2019ve asked them to develop a system for automatic handling.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last October, Arie reported that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-more-online-gambling-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authorities had blocked 425,506 pieces of online gambling content<\/a>. During a press conference, Arie said 237,096 originated from internet protocol (IP) addresses, 17,235 from file-sharing platforms and 171,175 from social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia&#8217;s communications and information ministry summoned representatives from the former Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"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 Ministry of Communication and Informatics has mandated X (formerly Twitter) to implement an automated system for the removal of online gambling advertisements, citing persistent non-compliance with manual takedown requests. This directive underscores Indonesia's intensified regulatory stance against illegal gambling content, following the blocking of over 425,000 pieces of such content last year. The move aims to streamline enforcement and enhance the efficacy of content moderation against illicit iGaming promotion.","focusai_entities":"X, Twitter, Budie Arie, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, Indonesia\u2019s communications and information ministry","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Platform Compliance Burden","query":"What are the technical and financial implications for social media platforms like X in developing and deploying automated, AI-driven content moderation systems to comply with specific regulatory demands for illicit gambling content removal?"},{"label":"Regional Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might Indonesia's aggressive stance on automated content removal for gambling ads influence regulatory frameworks and enforcement strategies in other emerging iGaming markets across Southeast Asia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777013582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013582","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=777013582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013590,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013582\/revisions\/777013590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}