[NEWS]Lawmakers proposes social media contributes to gambling treatment

[Lida93]

According to the article, Lawmakers in Indonesia are proposing that social media should financially contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs in the country. From what I understand, their reasoning for it is because social media helps circulate gambling content online.

Do you guys think Indonesia should require social media platforms to contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs?

This for me shouldn't be because it's not right that they are proposing such a law to be enforced when the real people that should be tasked are overlooked. It's like attacking the effect of a sickness instead of capturing the cause of it.

The social media platforms are being used for a lot of positive activities in the society d it's just done group of persons called social media influencers that are using the platforms to advertise gambling ads. Therefore, it should be that this proposal be projected on influencers that promotes gambling on social media.

[Floxynice]

If only social media had regulated their platforms and restricted some gambling-related ads, they wouldn't have been held liable to contribute towards helping gambling addicts. Social media is making money from these ads, and if left alone, they will shove gambling down the throats of people who frequent social media daily. With all the ads going on, it is really difficult to say no to some ads that show us wins and successful gamblers. They should contribute, as the lawmakers have proposed.

Another set of people to look into are the celebrities, influencers, and brand ambassadors who promote gambling platforms. Most of them mislead their fans into gambling by making them think that it is the easiest way to get rich. Some even give out their gambling promo codes and referral codes. They should also contribute.

[Gozie51]

Those gambling when they don't have a job, can easily get addiction within any period of time.

But I think those law makers should rather look into job creation instead of tying their inefficiency to the ads from social media on gambling. I believe there is correlation between gambling and no job or joblessness. Even though some will argue that it is not all gamblers that are jobless, true. But quality of job matters. I have known some gamblers who submit that if they had job, they won't be gambling or the rate of their gambling would be reduced.

So the law makers should look inward to see why their people are getting addicted and that is the effect of lack of job. They don't have to attack social media or charge them to financially contribute to addiction programs after they had paid tax to government (that's if government is taxing them), that is double taxation and that is bad. Social media create their own niche by doing all sort of things like creating content and supporting it with ads, they didn't force it on anyone to sign up.

[Nwada001]

This type of law, if it’s being passed and the social media agrees to remit a certain amount of money into the said program, should be ready to see aggressive gambling ads showing up in everyone’s newsfeed as long as they are citizens because it can be regarded as them paying for gambling ads not to be restricted, and they need to make back all that money from ad offers. People, I think they can force to pay such money are the influencers who charge to promote gambling on their platform.

[gracreavix]

I think social media ads does not contribute  to gambling Addiction. People who can't control themselves aid gambling addiction. If it's not gambling, then it's something else. Are social media to blamed them?
All what casinos are doing is adverting their business. But it the ads is if greater consign, maybe ads should contain less assumptions of wealth. Thinking they can make it through gambling

[Finestream]

According to the article, Lawmakers in Indonesia are proposing that social media should financially contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs in the country. From what I understand, their reasoning for it is because social media helps circulate gambling content online.

Do you guys think Indonesia should require social media platforms to contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs?

This for me shouldn't be because it's not right that they are proposing such a law to be enforced when the real people that should be tasked are overlooked. It's like attacking the effect of a sickness instead of capturing the cause of it.

The social media platforms are being used for a lot of positive activities in the society d it's just done group of persons called social media influencers that are using the platforms to advertise gambling ads. Therefore, it should be that this proposal be projected on influencers that promotes gambling on social media.

Its hard to target social media platforms since there are a lot of them, and it would be unfair for the rest of those who are operating legally. But instead, the target should be those illegal online gambling influencers that continue to put pressures on the minds of the gamblers, and offer bonuses and promotions that gamblers find it hard to resist.

While we can't expect for immediate result, but if this proposal will push through, hopefully we will see positive changes to the rising rate of gambling addicts. Because its useless to educate the crowd of gamblers and impose responsible gambling when all these influencers are pushing them to never stop gambling until the jackpot hits.

[Sonia_123]

According to the article, Lawmakers in Indonesia are proposing that social media should financially contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs in the country. From what I understand, their reasoning for it is because social media helps circulate gambling content online.

Do you guys think Indonesia should require social media platforms to contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs?

The initiative seeks to expand rehabilitation resources.

Indonesia.- Lawmakers in Indonesia are discussing a proposal that would require social media companies to contribute financially to gambling addiction treatment programmes. Members of the People’s Representative Council’s Commission III, including lawmaker Gus Abduh, say social media platforms play a role in the circulation of online gambling content and could therefore be included in a framework to support treatment infrastructure.

“Platforms should contribute to the development of rehabilitation centres,” Abduh said.

Officials say rehabilitation services remain limited relative to demand. In meantime, Indonesia continues to conduct investigations into influencers and digital channels associated with gambling advertising.

How possible will it be, what strategy are the law makers hoping to see this their suggestions comes through, we know that social media has always being a contributory factor to gambling addiction and should not be overlooked maybe they will start to caution themselves and their actions by leauring most naive persons into gambling and then turns into uncontrollable addiction.

[AmoreJaz]

I think social media ads does not contribute  to gambling Addiction. People who can't control themselves aid gambling addiction. If it's not gambling, then it's something else. Are social media to blamed them?
All what casinos are doing is adverting their business. But it the ads is if greater consign, maybe ads should contain less assumptions of wealth. Thinking they can make it through gambling

That is true, it is the gambler himself who is responsible for his addiction. However, social media plays a role in distributing the information or should I say in reaching out people about this activity. But do take note that even without social media presence, people are already into gambling. So with or without social media, there will be gambling addiction and for me, they are not responsible for the addiction of the gambler.

[Byebyebtc]

If only social media had regulated their platforms and restricted some gambling-related ads, they wouldn't have been held liable to contribute towards helping gambling addicts. Social media is making money from these ads, and if left alone, they will shove gambling down the throats of people who frequent social media daily. With all the ads going on, it is really difficult to say no to some ads that show us wins and successful gamblers. They should contribute, as the lawmakers have proposed.

Another set of people to look into are the celebrities, influencers, and brand ambassadors who promote gambling platforms. Most of them mislead their fans into gambling by making them think that it is the easiest way to get rich. Some even give out their gambling promo codes and referral codes. They should also contribute.

Yes you’re absolutely right, Social media and influencers really have a big impact on people’s decisions, especially younger people. When they constantly show big wins without talking about the losses, it gives people a false idea of how gambling really works. And they’re making money by promoting these platforms, I think they should also take some responsibility because their influence can encourage people to gamble without fully understanding the risks and what’s involved.

[PX-Z]

I think social media ads does not contribute  to gambling Addiction. People who can't control themselves aid gambling addiction. If it's not gambling, then it's something else. Are social media to blamed them?
All what casinos are doing is adverting their business. But it the ads is if greater consign, maybe ads should contain less assumptions of wealth. Thinking they can make it through gambling

That is true, it is the gambler himself who is responsible for his addiction. However, social media plays a role in distributing the information or should I say in reaching out people about this activity. But do take note that even without social media presence, people are already into gambling. So with or without social media, there will be gambling addiction and for me, they are not responsible for the addiction of the gambler.

While the claim that social media ads do not contribute to gambling addiction is sometimes argued by the marketing industry, but research's shows a direct link between advertising and problem gambling. These ads significantly fuel addiction by increasing exposure, and normalizing gambling behaviors which could lead to addiction later on. Sometimes or most of the times teens exposed by these ads and probably lure them to gamble too.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Gambling addiction is personal responsibility. There was always be a reminder to gambling responsibly. How can a government push social media owner to have responsibility over the gambling addiction treatment? The players were gambling by themselves. So i see no reason for social media owner to contribute in doing treatment to the gambling addiction.
I also believe it's clearly stated by social media if gambling ads were disallowed in their territory. I don't see a sense behind their reason to put a responsibility for the social media companies over the addiction happened in some of their ppl.

[Hispo]

Gambling addiction is personal responsibility. There was always be a reminder to gambling responsibly. How can a government push social media owner to have responsibility over the gambling addiction treatment? The players were gambling by themselves. So i see no reason for social media owner to contribute in doing treatment to the gambling addiction.
I also believe it's clearly stated by social media if gambling ads were disallowed in their territory. I don't see a sense behind their reason to put a responsibility for the social media companies over the addiction happened in some of their ppl.

One thing is to make sense and a completely different thing would be whether you like it or not.
If you see these measures from the perspective of one government trying to capitalize or save as much money as possible from gambling within their territory, then it makes sense.
It is nothing but an indirect tax on casinos and social media who help those same casinos to become widespread on that country.

I am not okey with it either, though.
But if you understand how money and governance works, it makes sense.

I also agree gambling and addiction to gambling is a personal responsibility.

[TheUltraElite]

Social media help circulate a lot of things, it is the person viewing it who needs to be informed about the type of content and whether they want to accept it as worthy of their time or not. Using body revealing clothed women to market your MLM/HYIP scheme or casinos is common in this generation of social media because people want that and people are lonely and get judged by real life humans.

In between all this is one simple logic, discipline. Have that and you can easily get the control back in your own hands. But governments dont try teaching discipline to younger generations and make these type of comments.

[The Founding Titan]

Should the government pay social media platforms foe the positivities they slso bring to the country? This kind of double standard should not be encouraged at all, you can't blame them when things go wrong without commending them when things turn up good, if they are to be held responsible for the addiction rate and should be made to pay for it then all of the good things thst they bring to the country should warrant them getting compensated as well.

To be truthful. They are right, but they are incorrect when they say that social media contributed to gambling treatment. In fact, social media has contributed to many of the negative things that we see in this century.
The days of underage children not having access to illegal content are long gone, and through the power of social media and the internet, they can access adult content, watch deceptive videos, and more.

That's true but then it's up to a parent to control what their children have access to, blaming the internet for it's content because some child somewhere decided to visits site that are restricted to adults won't be the sites fault,

In some areas, it's the website owner's fault.
Countries like China understand this and provide certain rules and regulations for the websites that are available to their citizens. Because there is some content that social media holds back and only makes available to people who are 18 and above.
This is something instagram practise i dont know if they do the same thing in your geographical location.

maybe if the parents tried to control their child then that wouldn't have happened, and that's why I like my country, we are not all like the west where a child is said to still be under their parents but can say know to their parents and the system will support them, if you are under them then you are to do what they say.

Yes, parents also have a role to play in teaching their kids morle nd put parental control on all their gadgets. This will prevent children who are underage from abusing no KYC gambling platforms.

Exactly, if a child isn't old enough yet then what ever device they use should be on parental control because the simple truth is that if the site can't tell that the person visiting them is underage then how are they supposed to regulate their content to ensure that children aren't exposed to it, most children are given these gadgets for probably educational purposes but you will still find them going out from what they are supposed to do and instead doing things that weren't their original purpose.

[Oshio-man]

Many government have made such moved years ago but government in those countries didn't achieve what they really want from gamblers because some gamblers reduce the way they where spending funds on gambling daily that made the plan of the government to fail, if their lawmakers succeed on this propose to start taxing social media that is involving in gambling it will make the youth's to be angry with the government because they know how much they have loss sometimes but nobody will hear about the loss but when they win bank and government want to take their interest and tax, but no single benefits for gamblers.

[Strongkored]

Gambling is illegal in Indonesia, it would be odd for the government having already banned the gambling to require social media platforms to contribute to gambling addiction treatment programs. Instead, the government simply needs to implement more effective systems to enforce the ban, even though making online gambling completely inaccessible to citizens is admittedly difficult.

[viljy]

If the country's authorities believe that they have the power to impose such a tax on social media, then that is their choice. However, the extent to which gambling advertisements on social media contribute to gambling addiction is uncertain. Therefore, the justification for such an initiative by the authorities is questionable. Essentially, it is a tax imposed under the guise of a legitimate measure. However, it is the right of any government to make decisions within its jurisdiction.