Menkomdigi Urges Meta, X, And TikTok To Contribute In Fighting Online Gambling

Menkomdigi Meutya Hafid (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid asked Electronic System Operators (PSE) operating in Indonesia to participate in helping the government fight online gambling on its platform.

Menurut Menkomdigi, kejahatan digital termasuk judi online paling banyak ditemukan di platform-platform media sosial, khususnya Meta, X, dan juga TikTok.

"We see that digital crime in cyberspace is one of the most important nests in social media applications," Meutya said in a press conference on Thursday, November 14.

Thus, Meutya emphasized that PSE, especially the owner of social media platforms that have a large market share in Indonesia, should participate in helping this government move.

"Especially, I must apologize to Meta, TikTok, X and others. Instagram is still included. We ask them to take a role later to help Indonesia fight this online gambling. And I think it is mandatory," he said.

Meutya admitted that until now the Ministry of Komdigi has not communicated in any form by the digital platform. However, he is still waiting for the initiatives of each PSE.

"So we urge, asking everything, of course, who is also benefiting from Indonesia's broad market share, Indonesia's broad social media market share, to contribute," he concluded.

Meanwhile, from October 20 to November 13, 2024, the Ministry of Communication and Industry has also cut as much as 283,230 online gambling content. Of these, 261,881 of them were distributed through the site and IP.

Then 11,792 used the Meta platform, 5,963 in the form of file sharing, 2,332 google/youtubes, 1,153 X accounts, 70 Telegram accounts, 38 TikTok accounts and 1 Appstore.