{"id":777020920,"date":"2024-11-22T08:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777020920"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:57:40","slug":"indonesia-investigates-85-influencers-for-allegedly-promoting-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-investigates-85-influencers-for-allegedly-promoting-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia investigates 85 influencers for allegedly promoting online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The influencers allegedly promoted online gambling on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- The Indonesian National Police has reported that it has identified 85 influencers suspected of promoting online gambling on social media. At a press conference at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Office in Central Jakarta, commissioner general <strong>Wahyu Widada<\/strong> said police began investigations following the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-to-create-cross-border-gambling-task-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force<\/a> on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have classified the influencers as suspects based on evidence and testimonies from witnesses. Wahyu said that<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-police-warn-influencers-against-promoting-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some cases are not new<\/a>, as several influencers had previously engaged in online gambling promotion even if the websites they promoted are no longer operational. Their identities were not revealed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indonesian comms ministry to be restructured <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meutya Hafid<\/strong>, Indonesia\u2019s communication and digitalisation minister, has announced a restructuring within the communications ministry following the arrest of ten officials accused of accepting bribes from online gambling operators. According to Jakarta Globe, the reorganisation will concentrate on job rotations and placing staff in positions that suit their skills and expertise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hafid, who has been in her position for only three weeks, highlighted the importance of&nbsp;<strong>collaboration with other government bodies<\/strong>, including the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the anti-money laundering agency (PPATK), to improve oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gambling in Indonesia is illegal<\/strong>&nbsp;for both citizens and foreigners. In September,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-online-gambling-in-indonesia-3-8m-pieces-of-content-removed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budie Arie Setiadi<\/a>, Indonesia\u2019s communication and informatics minister, announced that between July 17,&nbsp;2023&nbsp;and September 17, 2024, the ministry removed 3,383,000 pieces of online gambling content. The ministry submitted 20,842 keywords related to online gambling to Google&nbsp;from November 7, 2023 to August 8, 2024&nbsp;and 5,173 to Meta&nbsp;from December 15, 2023 to August 8, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The influencers allegedly promoted online gambling on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesian authorities have identified 85 influencers for promoting illegal online gambling, coinciding with a significant restructuring within the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation following the arrest of officials for bribery from gambling operators. This intensified regulatory enforcement underscores Indonesia's stringent stance against all forms of online gambling, necessitating enhanced inter-agency collaboration for oversight.","focusai_entities":"Indonesian National Police, Ministry of Communication and Digital Office, Online Gambling Eradication Task Force, Meutya Hafid, Financial Services Authority (OJK), anti-money laundering agency (PPATK), Budie Arie Setiadi, Google, Meta, Wahyu Widada","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Jakarta, Central Jakarta","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (1.0), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Influencer Legal Impact?","query":"What are the specific legal ramifications for the identified influencers and the operators they promoted under Indonesian law?"},{"label":"Ministry Restructuring Impact?","query":"How will the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation's restructuring and enhanced inter-agency collaboration impact the efficacy of future online gambling enforcement and digital content regulation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777020920","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\/777020920","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=777020920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020938,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020920\/revisions\/777020938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}