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Read Full BioThe Indonesian government claims that its efforts to combat illegal casino and betting platforms are proving successful, with “cyber patrols” dismantling over 2 million web pages and social media posts within a year.
Kalimantan Live, an Indonesian media outlet, reported that the claims come from the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi).
Kemkomdigi says that it has “taken action” against 2,096,966 pieces of online gambling-related content since it began its digital crackdown on October 24, 2024.
Routine Checks Uncover Illegal Gambling Posts & Sites
The ministry stated that it now conducts “routine” cyber patrols to identify, blacklist, and geoblock gambling-related sites, social media posts, apps, and web pages.
Kemkomdigi claimed that its campaign has yielded great success, with gambling sites now harder to find in the Indonesian web space.
It noted that it carried out the highest number of these actions at the start of the crackdown. In the first 11 days of the operation (October 20-31, 2024), its staff blacklisted 187,297 pages and posts.
Ministry staff then identified a further 250,475 items in November 2024. After this, the number started decreasing, with 230,686 pages blacklisted in December.
In early 2025, numbers fluctuated, later peaking in July with 199,986 items. The figures dropped in August, when ministry staff blacklisted a further 197,523 pages and posts.
As of September 3, the ministry said it has taken action against an additional 17,230 items.
TikTok & YouTube Videos Blacklisted
The vast majority of the blocked items were websites and file-sharing platforms, the ministry explained.
But it also blocked 90,258 posts hosted by Meta, the operator of the Facebook and Instagram social media platforms.
It sent a further 33,266 blocking requests pertaining to Google and its video-sharing platform YouTube.
The ministry also blocked 16,878 X posts, 1,663 Telegram posts, 959 TikTok videos, and 14 public posts on the Line chat app.
Kemkomdigi added that it had also blacklisted three apps from the Indonesian App Store for iOS devices.
The ministry called on members of the public to “actively report” any online gambling promotions or posts via its website, WhatsApp channel, and dedicated anti-gambling chatbot.
Kemkomdigi said Jakarta will continue to step up efforts to “eradicate online gambling.” But despite its success, the ministry warned that online betting platforms are “still rampant.”
Earlier this month, police in East Aceh claimed that online gambling debts drove a delivery driver to stab a coworker to death.
