Komdigi Closes More Instagram Accounts Affiliated With Online Gambling

Director General of IKP Komidigi, Prabunindya Revta Revolution (photo: DOK. VOI)

JAKARTA - Still in an effort to eradicate online gambling, the Ministry of Communication and Digital said it had taken down sites and social media accounts with a large number of followers because they were linked to online gambling sites.

Through the Directorate of Information Application Control (PAI), Kemenkomdigi closed the sites http://wajibpelect.uk and http://pinteliel.web. Meanwhile, the Instagram accounts that were prosecuted were @madamgossip.official2 (133,000 followers), @osb138 (4,000 followers), and @video.war.bratal (135,000 followers).

"We will continue to work hard to eradicate online gambling content. Without stopping," said the Director General of Information and Public Communication (Dirjen IKP) of the Ministry of Communication and Industry, Prabu Revolution in an official statement on Wednesday, November 6.

Meanwhile, overall on Wednesday, November 6, the Ministry of Komdigi has removed 7,176 content containing online gambling.

Based on data from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), the Online Gambling Eradication Task Force managed to reduce the circulation of funds from the first quarter to the third quarter of 2024 to reach Rp283 trillion.

"This shows that the task force has succeeded in cutting the online gambling rate by 40-50 percent," said Prabu further.

The Ministry of Communication and Trade has also collaborated with several parties, including the latest, IT practitioners, as an effort to help eradicate online gambling in the country.