Indonesia gov blocked poular search engine over gambling results.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

I doubt if you can ever find a legal land-based casino there that you can visit.

Gambling is considered against the law in Indonesian for both citizens and foreigners alike and I believe anyone that practices it in the country and is caught risks the possibility of being prosecuted and possible jail term

From the above explanation it's obvious gambling is against the laws both offline and online, so when visiting those countries, be prepared to be in your "NO GAMBLING MODE" to be safe because foreigners are not exempted from the punishments.

This however doesn't mean there are no gamblers there. There are active gamblers who makes use of VPNs to satisfy their gambling desires.

[Dave1]

Yes, that's right, any country if the majority is Muslim then gambling is prohibited because it is against the law based on its religion. It is only natural that Indonesia blocks gambling sites because the majority of Indonesian people have become heavy addicts, also with the many cases that have occurred with them experiencing misery even to the point of suicide cases caused by stress because of gambling, it proves that gambling is prohibited in Indonesia.
So if OP wants to go to Indonesia, please go ahead, but there will be no gambling that can be done, maybe you can do it online because even though it is prohibited, there are still many people who do it online, for offline gambling there may be but the place is hidden, and no one knows when the unlucky time will arrive so it could be that when we visit offline gambling there are problems such as arrests or others, so it is better to consider it again first.

If we take away religion from the equation though, we have seen a lot of countries in the Southeast Asian region having issues with gambling as well. Like the Philippines with the POGO and all the corruption and kidnappings and deaths of gamblers.

So I guess what Indonesia is doing to trying to prevent their countries to suffered the ill effects of gambling to their population. Or at least instill discipline and self-control and not fall into gambling addiction. It's good move by the Indonesian government to block and keep their population in check.

[Oluwa-btc]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling.

I think country like Indonesia are majorly restricted to such gambling activities and probably they citizens must have been making use of this particular search engine to  for gambling and it's being noticed by the government so definitely it has led to them blocking it entirely so none of the citizens or individuals that reside in Indonesia can make use of the search engine again. with this is it that there's no room for gambling in this country anymore? Yeah knowing the level of negative outcome gambling has brought to an individual and the society I believe this is a more reason why such countries prohibit physical gambling casinos as well as online casinos and it could be of great importance to the citizens tho.

[bubilas]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

I often use this search tool. It promises to provide complete anonymity, so DuckDuckGo can be considered a kind of Thor in the world of browsers. And I want to say that the search in this browser does not show anything prohibited at all. They are much more decent than the native search engines in the country where I live. I think that the attempt to make claims from the state to this browser are far-fetched and dictated by some other reasons.

[Yaunfitda]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

I often use this search tool. It promises to provide complete anonymity, so DuckDuckGo can be considered a kind of Thor in the world of browsers. And I want to say that the search in this browser does not show anything prohibited at all. They are much more decent than the native search engines in the country where I live. I think that the attempt to make claims from the state to this browser are far-fetched and dictated by some other reasons.

Because DuckDuckGo is more of a privacy centric search engine and so not just Indonesia, maybe many gamblers have been using it so that it's going to be hard to trace. But for sure the country ISP might have caught up and they reported it to their government and so the total banned or blocking of this popular search engine. So it make sense for them to do that. But the question is, what could be the next one? Gamblers are evolving too, and could be looking for the next search engine that will give them the result that they wanted, so this is going to be a cat and mouse game, in my opinion.

[michellee]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

I often use this search tool. It promises to provide complete anonymity, so DuckDuckGo can be considered a kind of Thor in the world of browsers. And I want to say that the search in this browser does not show anything prohibited at all. They are much more decent than the native search engines in the country where I live. I think that the attempt to make claims from the state to this browser are far-fetched and dictated by some other reasons.

Indonesia prohibit gambling so their government see people use DuckDuckGo to search for something that in grey side so they decide to blocked. Maybe that is a right decision from the government but we know that people can use the other ways to still use DuckDuckGo or other browser that can suit them. The government can block something from Internet but they can not stop people from still using that so it need awareness from their people not to abuse something that they already prohibit.

The effect from people playing gambling will be bigger because they will becomes addicted to gambling and lost much money. The government should give more attention to gambling because many younger now are playing gambling too. They can search for more information from many ways and not just from DuckDuckGo which is blocked by their government.

[dunfida]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

I often use this search tool. It promises to provide complete anonymity, so DuckDuckGo can be considered a kind of Thor in the world of browsers. And I want to say that the search in this browser does not show anything prohibited at all. They are much more decent than the native search engines in the country where I live. I think that the attempt to make claims from the state to this browser are far-fetched and dictated by some other reasons.

Indonesia prohibit gambling so their government see people use DuckDuckGo to search for something that in grey side so they decide to blocked. Maybe that is a right decision from the government but we know that people can use the other ways to still use DuckDuckGo or other browser that can suit them. The government can block something from Internet but they can not stop people from still using that so it need awareness from their people not to abuse something that they already prohibit.

The effect from people playing gambling will be bigger because they will becomes addicted to gambling and lost much money. The government should give more attention to gambling because many younger now are playing gambling too. They can search for more information from many ways and not just from DuckDuckGo which is blocked by their government.

There's ton of ways and even just simply making use of a free VPN on which you could be able to make use on OPERA browser on which you could directly be able to visit sites that it is really that prohibited into your country. This is why there's no way that it would really be that completely be isolated into this case and there would really be those people who would really be that trying out to access things despite of such ban
or block. The cons on  here is that whenever you do get caught then for sure you would be suffering some penalties or even worst. The main question is, on how they would really be able to detect it out?
This is why there's no way that we would really be that getting rid into those people who would be tending out to access, on which this isnt really that something that isnt that limited on gambling alone but also in other things as well.

There's no way for it to be completely blocked. Somehow on what the government had done on here does really shows that they do really care about into their citizens specially into gambling addiction.
Usually government wont really be minding about their citizen but rather they would really be preferring on having that getting huge revenue and taxation towards these business
rather than on minding about their citizens condition on which its really that something rare for government to do so.

[rahmad2nd]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

There are no local casinos in our country, even just for a gambling ticket shop. in other words, gambling is something that is illegal based on the jurisdiction in our country. although, there are many local online casinos that can be easily accessed without having to use tricks or the like. related to the title above, I really don't know and there is no news in the local media regarding your post. so, don't expect to find a land-based casino except in unofficial places. even then, with the risks that must be borne. Indonesia is a friendly place, I represent it because of our beloved country. there are many beautiful destinations, but unfortunately don't expect to find a land-based casino. does not mean it is not friendly to gambling, we even have stories from the kingdom era about games that involve betting. however, currently it is not legal and should be legalized. thus, people who like this one entertainment need not be afraid and are not considered a criminal. the benefits are also many, if Indonesia legalizes it. maybe not for now, someday it could be legal again.

[Yucky]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

There are no local casinos in our country, even just for a gambling ticket shop. in other words, gambling is something that is illegal based on the jurisdiction in our country. although, there are many local online casinos that can be easily accessed without having to use tricks or the like. related to the title above, I really don't know and there is no news in the local media regarding your post. so, don't expect to find a land-based casino except in unofficial places. even then, with the risks that must be borne. Indonesia is a friendly place, I represent it because of our beloved country. there are many beautiful destinations, but unfortunately don't expect to find a land-based casino. does not mean it is not friendly to gambling, we even have stories from the kingdom era about games that involve betting. however, currently it is not legal and should be legalized. thus, people who like this one entertainment need not be afraid and are not considered a criminal. the benefits are also many, if Indonesia legalizes it. maybe not for now, someday it could be legal again.

And that just goes to explain it all, which makes sense. The government of Indonesia will not meddle in an affair of a certain brand if they didn't notice a breach in government policy. And if they don't act to caution it, more people might fall victim and become defaulters.

So it only goes to show that Indonesia is not so open to physical casinos, but the online casinos are not restricted. Anybody can go online and play their games and have their fun. And maybe when you travel for vacations to another state, you could visit a physical casino if you want to get the live experiences of gambling.

I think it's not much of an issue. Probably with time, the government will see reason to let physical casinos stay with proper rules and regulation. I think that would just work fine for the people that are interested in gambling.

[Jating]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

There are no local casinos in our country, even just for a gambling ticket shop. in other words, gambling is something that is illegal based on the jurisdiction in our country. although, there are many local online casinos that can be easily accessed without having to use tricks or the like. related to the title above, I really don't know and there is no news in the local media regarding your post. so, don't expect to find a land-based casino except in unofficial places. even then, with the risks that must be borne. Indonesia is a friendly place, I represent it because of our beloved country. there are many beautiful destinations, but unfortunately don't expect to find a land-based casino. does not mean it is not friendly to gambling, we even have stories from the kingdom era about games that involve betting. however, currently it is not legal and should be legalized. thus, people who like this one entertainment need not be afraid and are not considered a criminal. the benefits are also many, if Indonesia legalizes it. maybe not for now, someday it could be legal again.

Not sure though if Indonesia might want to legalized gambling, I mean it's predominantly Muslim and so with that the government is not wanting to go to that because of their religion. The thing though with gambling is that it's really affect all of us.

And the government of Indonesia is really not wanting their people to be addicted and so they cut or block this popular search engine. So for Indonesian gamblers here, maybe they can still access crypto related casinos and continue to gamble.

[Ojima-ojo]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

Any platform can be taken down for violating a country law, this is because in some countries even though gambling is not restricted, each gambling sites have to be licensed and fully compliant with the local laws, so as not to excape tax payment or engage ib money laundering Sega, this is why if a casino is find to have violated such law, regardless of what third party engage them, it punishment will rob off on all.


Another reason is that, many gamblers who already knows the majority of casinos with in their country and how their laws works but want to use some other casinos that have no regulations and easily abused, it becomes a hot topic of search and the government is seeing everything, so duckdice will likely and definitely fall into such troubles since their are the search engine used for that.

[crwth]

I never knew Indonesia was gambling. Was it friendly or loyal to it, like you said, OP? Maybe you are thinking of a different place that is more likely to be faithful to gambling, like Macau. I believe some areas could be friendly to it, but not every part of it.

Blocking a website or a search result is common in some countries, and I believe they can do whatever they want.

[Zigabel]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling. But it seems to be not. How does the matter lie at present? I wonder this because of my plans to visit Indonesia for a couple of weeks and when visiting countries for the first time  I commonly show myself  round the local casinos.

Looking at that which you mentioned, casinos don't sound prohibited probably because the physical casinos are such they can have a good level of control over but the online casinos that are accessible by almost everyone is that which they would give attention to banning because they understand how uncomfortable it can be at some point because the customers can not be held responsible completely for whatever action they take at the casino or the data they provide as it concerns their age but with the physical casinos they may be able to ascertain all of that so you may still get to have access to the physical casinos if thats where your interest lays and you would want to explore.

[ndutndut]

Just encountered this news - "DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over ..., gambling search results." which has dropped a bomb on me. I have never been in this country and always thought it is loyal to gambling.

I think country like Indonesia are majorly restricted to such gambling activities and probably they citizens must have been making use of this particular search engine to  for gambling and it's being noticed by the government so definitely it has led to them blocking it entirely so none of the citizens or individuals that reside in Indonesia can make use of the search engine again. with this is it that there's no room for gambling in this country anymore? Yeah knowing the level of negative outcome gambling has brought to an individual and the society I believe this is a more reason why such countries prohibit physical gambling casinos as well as online casinos and it could be of great importance to the citizens tho.

I come from Indonesia, gambling in my country is strictly prohibited, even if caught gambling can be subject to criminal articles for both players and people who provide gambling places (including online gambling). But strangely gambling is still illegal in Indonesia but Indonesia ranks first with the largest number of players in Southeast Asia. Gambling sites are indeed blocked by the government almost every year but today it is blocked the next day a new site appears, and this is a fact.

On the other hand, why is gambling prohibited in my country because in my country the majority of the population is Muslim, this is the factor why gambling is prohibited here. But currently there are still pros and cons between wanting to legalize gambling and gambling is still prohibited. Because on the one hand gambling is difficult to eradicate as I said before, today a gambling site is blocked the next day another gambling site appears (they only change the name of the site) and even though gambling sites are prohibited there are still loopholes to be able to gamble using VPN. On the other hand, if gambling remains prohibited, the state will not receive taxes from gambling, even though Indonesian people continue to gamble secretly. This is proven because Indonesia ranks first with the largest number of gamblers in Southeast Asia. So this is still a debate in my country, whether gambling should be legalized or remain illegal.

[irsykes]

In my opinion, the idea of ​​visiting Indonesia to play casino games is absurd. Gambling is strictly prohibited in this country.

A tourist who tries to place bets in a land-based or online casino in Indonesia risks being arrested and spending four years in prison. There are many other countries that are much more tolerant of gambling.

In Indonesia, by the way, not only are local-language gambling sites blocked, but English-language ones as well. The state has taken a course towards a complete ban on gambling in the country (without any exceptions).

Free VPN services, which could potentially be used to access online casinos, are also actively blocked.

To be honest if you look at the past in our country, it was legalized gambling, but only in certain areas such as Batam and Jakarta, only that did not last long because the replacement of presidents and regional heads issued a decision that gambling should be abolished in my country, and yes in our country now gambling is prohibited very hard.

There were many attempts to block online casinos in my country but there were thousands of them and the ministries in my country were quite overwhelmed or maybe I want to say that they were not able to solve it and until now there are still many local gambling operations that can be accessed without using a VPN.


2022-2024 will be a bad year for this country, a large amount of money is spinning in gambling without providing tax revenue to the state, of course this cannot be tolerated, besides that gambling reaches children and has the potential to damage the nation's generation, that's why the blocking still continues even though it is slow.

the concept is indeed good for the next generation, whether blocking gambling websites can be done through breakthrough shortcuts. for example, to the main root of the founder of gambling directly so that everything is finished quickly in the government's mission. to be honest, I think it's just a government game, I'm sure the founder of the online gambling website must have secretly paid taxes to the government.

[Akbarkoe]

Not sure though if Indonesia might want to legalized gambling, I mean it's predominantly Muslim and so with that the government is not wanting to go to that because of their religion. The thing though with gambling is that it's really affect all of us.

And the government of Indonesia is really not wanting their people to be addicted and so they cut or block this popular search engine. So for Indonesian gamblers here, maybe they can still access crypto related casinos and continue to gamble.

We have done it in the past, although the majority of Muslims but it was very important at that time to grow regional income, I think I said it here but maybe tell you again, it was located in Jakarta and Batam, and then in the era of the 6th president formulated the Indonesian government law to prohibit all forms of gambling in operation in Indonesia, and I think the law will not change unless there is a revision in the future.

I never knew Indonesia was gambling. Was it friendly or loyal to it, like you said, OP? Maybe you are thinking of a different place that is more likely to be faithful to gambling, like Macau. I believe some areas could be friendly to it, but not every part of it.

Blocking a website or a search result is common in some countries, and I believe they can do whatever they want.

Not our country is not friendly to gambling, it has become a thing that cannot be contested, but because of the rampant online gambling that operates so the government has blocked massively because it violates the law.

[TEBTC]

Blocking a search Engine because of gambling results is one of the worst things that the government of any country will do as there are allot of pressing matters that if the government turns it attention to will go a long way to solve and secondly it's also against the right of the citizens to restrict them of certain privilege

[uneng]

Gambling is unstoppable. Governments can try forbidding it as they wish, but after all there will be always a mechanism to allow gamblers to continue betting, despite the government's prohibitions. It has been like this in every countries where gambling is considered illegal by authorities. And nowadays with internet access disponible for everyone, it becomes even easier to find alternative means to gamble.

One or another websites can be blocked, but then there are still crypto casinos where you don't have to use fiat in order to gamble. If governments are going to track down every gambling activity on their countries, I fear they aren't going to do anything else due to the time demanded to execute such a crusade against gambling industry (in vain).

That is why the most reasonable alternative is to educate the population regards gambling. Teach citizens, so they can understand what gambling is, what its risks are, and then you don't have to forbid anyone from doing anything.

[Dave1]

Blocking a search Engine because of gambling results is one of the worst things that the government of any country will do as there are allot of pressing matters that if the government turns it attention to will go a long way to solve and secondly it's also against the right of the citizens to restrict them of certain privilege

Lol, it could be that the government of Indonesia doesn't want gambling to their over the lives of the population, again as I have said before there are countries in their neighboring region has been gripping with gambling and most likely they don't want to be the next nation.

So how can you say that it's one of the worst thing that they do when it will stop or at least minimized gambling in their country? Besides, it's illegal and so they have every right to condemn gambling. Not sure though what will happen to those who are going to be caught playing or if there are individuals already who have been jailed in Indonesia because of illegal gambling.

[gunhell16]

Blocking a search Engine because of gambling results is one of the worst things that the government of any country will do as there are allot of pressing matters that if the government turns it attention to will go a long way to solve and secondly it's also against the right of the citizens to restrict them of certain privilege

Lol, it could be that the government of Indonesia doesn't want gambling to their over the lives of the population, again as I have said before there are countries in their neighboring region has been gripping with gambling and most likely they don't want to be the next nation.

So how can you say that it's one of the worst thing that they do when it will stop or at least minimized gambling in their country? Besides, it's illegal and so they have every right to condemn gambling. Not sure though what will happen to those who are going to be caught playing or if there are individuals already who have been jailed in Indonesia because of illegal gambling.

The fact that a country minimizes gambling in their subjects and is dominated is normal for them to do that because they also do not want their subjects to become gamblers and turn their time to gambling because gambling is not really the focus of the people's attention.

Because we know what happens when gambling is not managed properly or correctly in every person's life, in fact, in the reality of life. And many have been damaged by gambling because of addiction to it.