Indonesia Targets Online Gambling Funds, Citing Insufficiency of Content Blocking
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) is exploring new strategies to cut off funding for online gambling, deeming content blocking alone insufficient. Despite blocking tens of thousands of sites this year, the problem continues to escalate.
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