{"id":777014433,"date":"2024-04-03T09:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014433"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:33:17","slug":"indonesia-forms-dedicated-team-to-identify-and-block-gambling-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-forms-dedicated-team-to-identify-and-block-gambling-platforms","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia forms dedicated team to identify and block gambling platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities say 150 specialists are working to combat online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Deputy minister Nezar Patria has revealed the deployment of a dedicated team of 150 specialists operating 24\/7 to identify and block illicit platforms targeting Southeast Asian players.\u00a0Based at the Indonesian Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) headquarters, they use artificial intelligence and web crawler software to detect and disable unlawful gambling websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since July 2022, authorities have blocked approximately 1.5m websites hosting online gambling content. Patria emphasised the significance of collaboration with digital platform operators such as Meta\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-asks-x-to-develop-system-to-take-down-gambling-ads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and X<\/a>. Kominfo also collaborates with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Indonesia to block associated bank accounts, while the National Police (Polri) aids in tracking and apprehending people involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities say 150 specialists are working to combat online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10910,"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 Deputy Minister Nezar Patria announced the deployment of a 150-specialist team operating 24\/7 to combat illicit online gambling platforms. Utilizing AI and web crawlers, the Indonesian Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) has blocked approximately 1.5 million websites since July 2022, collaborating with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to block associated bank accounts and the National Police (Polri) for arrests. This initiative underscores a significant escalation in regulatory enforcement against unauthorized iGaming operations in the region.","focusai_entities":"Nezar Patria, Indonesian Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo), Meta, X, Financial Services Authority (OJK), National Police (Polri)","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Platforms?","query":"How might this intensified enforcement against illicit gambling in Indonesia influence the content moderation policies and operational liabilities for global digital platform operators like Meta and X in the region?"},{"label":"Future Market Regulation?","query":"Given the scale of this crackdown, what are the long-term implications for the potential establishment of a regulated iGaming market in Indonesia or other Southeast Asian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777014433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014433","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=777014433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014436,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014433\/revisions\/777014436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}