Together Fighting Online Gambling: Public Awareness is an Important Pillar to Protect Society
Jakarta – The government of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is firmly committed to prosecuting perpetrators and online gambling (judol) bookies. Awareness of the dangers of Online Gambling is considered very important in eradicating this illicit practice to its roots.
Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal, invited the public to participate in fighting online gambling.
“Online gambling has had a negative impact on society, from social, economic, to legal violations,” said Cucun.
Cucun said that the government and the DPR have committed to eradicating online gambling throughout the country. However, these efforts will not succeed without the support and commitment of the community.
Likewise, the Deputy for Analysis and Examination of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Danang Tri Hartono, revealed the high level of involvement of low-income people in online gambling practices.
“You can see he was angry, frustrated, cursing, but still deposited. 80 percent of people are low-income, it’s pathetic,” said Danang
According to him, eradicating online gambling requires cooperation from all parties, not just the government.
Minister of Communication and Digital (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid said that her party had blocked more than 380,000 online gambling sites in the first month of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration.
“If we calculate from October 20 or the new government, the figure is already around 380 thousand,” said the Minister of Communication and Digital.
Kemkomdigi also blocked 7,252 keywords in Meta related to online gambling from 4 to 20 November 2024 and submitted a request to block a number of bank accounts related to online gambling activities.
“The Ministry of Communication and Digital has written to Google, Meta and TikTok to speed up the blocking of more keywords related to judol,” explained Meutya.
It is very important to raise awareness about the dangers of Online Gambling so that one can take proper precautions to protect oneself and those close to one from the harmful effects of online gambling. [-rwa]
