Indonesia to create task force against online gambling

The new government task force is expected to be formed within a week.

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Indonesia.- Budie Arie Setiadi, Indonesia’s communication and informatics minister, has announced that a new task force will be established within a week to tackle online gambling in the country. It will focus on removing online gambling sites, while law enforcement officials will handle enforcement. 

The decision was made after a meeting between Setiadi and president Joko Widodo. The government is concerned about the high circulation of money from online gambling, which reached Rp327tn (US$20.19bn) in 2023. In February, Setiadi asked representatives from the Singapore office of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to automate the removal of gambling ads.

The new government task force is expected to be formed within a week. Indonesia.- Budie Arie Setiadi, Indonesia’s communication and informatics minister, has announced that a new task force will be…



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