{"id":777017765,"date":"2024-08-01T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017765"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:36:35","slug":"indonesia-to-restrict-free-vpns-to-curb-online-gambling-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-to-restrict-free-vpns-to-curb-online-gambling-access","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia to restrict free VPNs to curb online gambling access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The minister of communication and information aims to prevent Indonesians from gaining access to online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Budi Arie Setiadi, minister of communications and information technology, has announced plans to restrict access to free virtual private networks (VPNs) to prevent citizens from accessing online gambling. He said he has discussed the decision with Wayan Tony Supriyanto, director general of postal and informatics operations, and Hokky Situngkir, director general of informatics applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, Stefanus Asat Gusma, general chair of the PP Catholic Youth, has expressed willingness to collaborate with the government in <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/catholic-youth-vows-to-fight-online-gambling-in-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actions against online gambling<\/a>. Asat Gusma said\u00a0the Catholic youth would conduct preventive initiatives, such as outreach and education, targeting younger people, to raise awareness about the negative impacts of online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-ministry-of-transportation-warns-officials-against-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indonesian Ministry of Transportation warns officials against gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minister of communication and information aims to prevent Indonesians from gaining access to 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":"The Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Budi Arie Setiadi, has announced plans to restrict access to free VPNs to prevent citizens from engaging in online gambling. This initiative is complemented by a collaboration with the PP Catholic Youth to conduct preventive outreach and education targeting younger demographics on the negative impacts of online gambling. These actions signify a concerted governmental and societal effort to enhance regulatory compliance and mitigate the social risks associated with unregulated iGaming.","focusai_entities":"Budi Arie Setiadi, Wayan Tony Supriyanto, Hokky Situngkir, Stefanus Asat Gusma, PP Catholic Youth, Indonesian Ministry of Transportation","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VPN Evasion Impact","query":"What specific technical measures are being considered by the Indonesian government to effectively circumvent advanced VPN technologies, and what is the projected timeline for their implementation?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Scope","query":"How will the Indonesian government's enforcement actions extend to payment processors and advertising platforms that facilitate online gambling transactions or promotion within the jurisdiction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017765","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=777017765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017799,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017765\/revisions\/777017799"}],"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=777017765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}