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Indonesia ministry uses AI to block 3.2 million online gambling pages

Enforcement & compliance

Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital is using AI monitoring to detect online gambling websites and has blocked about 3.2 million pages, Minister Meutya Hafid said. Hafid said operators duplicate and disguise sites to evade detection, while the ministry continues updating its technology and pursuing digital literacy efforts. The ministry cited reports that nearly 200,000 Indonesian children had been exposed to online gambling, including about 80,000 under the age of 10.

Operators face continued Indonesian enforcement against gambling websites and requests to social media platforms to remove related content.

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Telegram betting channels continue promotions despite Brazil ban

A media investigation found 87 domains offering betting and withdrawals across six Telegram channels, a month after Brazil’s provisional measure prohibited betting platforms. The channels had more than 43 mil subscriptions, and none of the domains ended in .bet.br; the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said it had blocked more than 47 mil illegal sites since the measure was issued.

Betting channels on Telegram are still advertising games and referral bonuses in Brazil, a month after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure banning betting platforms, Metrópoles reported. Its investigation found 87 distinct domains advertised in six channels with more than 43 mil subscriptions combined. None of the 87 domains had the ending that had identified federally authorised platforms before the ban.

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