Indonesia Bans DuckDuckGo over Illegal Gambling Concerns
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The government disclosed that it believes that it can be used to access online gambling platforms. Gambling is illegal in the country. The Communications Ministry in Indonesia made the decision due to the DuckDuckGo search engine promoting the ability of users to use the site with privacy settings. Certain content, including gambling activities, is prohibited in the region, and the regulators feel uncomfortable that individuals can access sites they are unable to monitor.
The authorities have also blocked social media platforms Reddit and Vimeo, which have the potential to access unsuitable content, including illegal gambling activities in the country.
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The government in Indonesia has stated this year that it intends to pursue a crackdown on gambling in the country and online gaming in particular. It sees this latest move as another step in that direction by making sure individuals in the region cannot use the DuckDuckGo browser to navigate to online gambling sites.
Recently the president announced a new push in the efforts to combat illegal online gambling. The government has calculated that last year, three million individuals in the region were able to gamble online and spent an estimated $20 billion on gaming, which equates to approximately 1.5% of gross domestic product.
Because of the many complaints made to us about the rampant online gambling and pornography content in its search results.
DuckDuckGo is a private US-held company based in Pennsylvania, and due to time differences, has not made a comment on the situation yet.
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