Jakarta, Sept. 17 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) has removed approximately 2.8 million pieces of negative content from the internet between October 20 last year and September 16, 2025.

"More than 2.8 million items have been taken down from Indonesia's digital space, with 2.1 million of them linked to online gambling," said Komdigi's Director General of Digital Space Monitoring, Alexander Sabar, in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Detailing the breakdown of online gambling-related content, Sabar reported that 1,932,131 items were removed from websites, 97,779 from file-sharing platforms, 94,004 from Meta apps, 35,092 from Google, 17,417 from X (formerly Twitter), 1,742 from Telegram, 1,001 from TikTok, 14 ...