The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) has blocked 118,320 gambling content throughout 2022.
In total, since 2018 until now, Kominfo has cut off access to 566,332 content in the digital space that has elements of gambling, including digital platform accounts and sites that share content related to gambling activities.
"The access termination is carried out based on the findings of cyber patrols, reports from the public, and reports from government agencies on the discovery of content that has elements of gambling. Cyber patrols carried out by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics are supported by a negative internet site monitoring system or AIS, which operates 24 hours without stopped by the Informatics Application Control Directorate team," said the Director General of Informatics Applications at Kominfo, Semuel A. Pangerapan in his statement, Wednesday (24/8).
The number of content that has been terminated or blocked since 2018 is detailed as follows; in 2018 there were 84,484 blocked content, in 2019 there were 78,306 content, in 2020 there were 80,305 content, in 2021 it reached 204,917 content and from 2022 to August with 118,320 content blocked.
Termination of access is not the only solution for completing online gambling by Kominfo. Samuel said that his party also encourages the improvement of people's digital literacy through the National Digital Literacy Movement program to fortify the public from various negative content in the digital space, including online gambling.
The activity was carried out with relevant stakeholders from the civil society community, industry players, media, academics, government agencies, and other related institutions.
Kominfo also supports law enforcement efforts against online gamblers and is ready to cooperate in efforts to eradicate various kinds of negative content on the internet carried out by the police.
Especially for online gambling activities, Article 27 paragraph 2 jo. Article 45 paragraph 2 of the ITE Law threatens those who intentionally distribute or make online gambling accessible, with a maximum imprisonment of 6 years and/or a maximum fine of 1 billion rupiah.
Article 303 bis of the Criminal Code also threatens gambling players with a maximum imprisonment of 4 years and/or a maximum criminal fine of 10 million rupiah. (komininfo)
