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Gambling ads target Indonesian Meta users despite ban
Meta's platforms display deceptive gambling ads targeting Indonesians despite bans, with 98% of social media users exposed to such promotions, Indonesian research firm Populix found.
- This past week, AFP found dozens of paid gambling adverts disguised as innocuous posts on Meta platforms targeting Indonesian users, flagged in the Meta Ad Library.
- Populix's study found 98 percent of Indonesian social media users have seen gambling promotions, with many being students or low-income individuals, fueling deceptive advertising incentives.
- Investigators found ads disguised as health and gaming posts that redirected users to betting websites, with one account running 49 gambling ads and pages listing Hanoi and accounts with multiple administrators.
- The ministry says it regularly asks platforms to remove gambling content, while authorities say they have taken down more than 5.7 million items and Meta did not respond to AFP requests.
- Users report repeated reappearance of removed ads, with 32 percent of exposed users trying online gambling, prompting warnings of sanctions on platforms facing potential penalties, Sabar told AFP.
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