Government Continues to Combat Online Gambling, Prevents the Emergence of New Sources of Poverty
Jakarta- The government continues to intensify the eradication of online gambling or also known as Online Gambling (Judol) which is now considered a new source of poverty in Indonesia.
The Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment, Muhaimin Iskandar, expressed his concerns about the social and economic impacts of the rampant practice of digital gambling.
“There is another new problem, vulnerable poverty, one of which is caused by online gambling. Online gambling is a new source of vulnerable poverty,” said Muhaimin Iskandar, who is familiarly called Cak Imin.
Cak Imin also highlighted the many challenges faced by the nation in empowering the community. He encouraged all parties to work together to resolve these various problems.
“Honestly, we admit that our nation has many problems. And there are many burdens of problems that we must resolve quickly,” he said.
He considers online gambling to be an activity that is detrimental and full of deceit.
“You already know you won’t win, but you keep participating. Online gambling will never win until the end of the world. Because online gambling is a scam. We have to overcome this together,” he said.
Cak Imin also emphasized the importance of collaboration between the government and philanthropists in building community independence.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) has also taken firm steps in dealing with online gambling content.
Minister of Komdigi, Meutya Hafid, noted that her party had blocked around 1.3 million online gambling-related content from October 20, 2024 to April 23, 2025.
“These figures reflect a real threat in the digital space that disrupts national security and order,” said Meutya.
She added that the spike in negative content, such as online gambling and child pornography, is a serious challenge to Indonesia’s cybersecurity.
To that end, Komdigi is strengthening digital supervision and law enforcement, including launching a Content Moderation Compliance System and issuing a Government Regulation for child protection in the digital space.
“The development of a healthy and safe digital space is not only the responsibility of the government, but is the result of collaboration between all elements of the nation,” concluded Meutya.
