Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) held an anti-online gambling socialization entitled #TetapAntiJudol in the Car Free Day (CFD) area on Jalan Ijen, Malang City, Sunday (6/10/2024). This was done to educate the public about the dangers of online gambling.
Staff from the Ministry of Communication and Information, Aprelo, revealed that the socialization with various series of activities was deliberately carried out at this CFD to target the wider community. "In addition, it also invites the community to live healthily by exercising," explained Aprelo.
This socialization is packed with various interesting activities, including group zumba gymnastics, musical entertainment, various educational games, and raising public support by signing an anti-online gambling petition.
Previously, anti-online gambling campaigns have also been implemented in several regions, including Semarang, Jakarta, South Tangerang, and in the future will be carried out massively in other regions on a wider scale. "The public should be more aware (of the dangers of judol), and the presence of the government here is to remind them again," said Aprello.
Aprelo further revealed that from the existing data, from 2017 to 2024, his party has taken down approximately 4 million judol contents. Meanwhile, for September 2024 data, there were 400.000 contents that had also been taken down. "Judol is very dangerous, so it must be eradicated," said Aprello.
He explained that the blocking effort is one of the steps to eradicate online gambling. "Education must continue to be carried out to provide insight and enlightenment to the public about the dangers of online gambling," he added.
One of the CFD visitors, Susilo, admitted that he was happy to get good education about judol. Because along with the development of technology, the judol phenomenon is increasingly widespread and not a few people play it. "Judol is addictive. From my experience, once you feel victory, it is very difficult to stop," explained Susilo. (cah/yon)
