"Cloudflare should be working with us. It should not accept all requests for content delivery network services. If they harm Indonesia, Cloudflare should not accept them. This is the context of moderation; they should be filtering," the ministry's director general of digital space supervision, Alexander Sabar, said on Wednesday (November 19).
His party has noted that the majority of online gambling sites are using Cloudflare's infrastructure.
Based on a sample of 10,000 online gambling sites handled between November 1-2, 2025, more than 76 percent of them use Cloudflare's services, including for IP address masking and expediting domain transfers to avoid content blocking.
Sabar then pointed out that Cloudflare is listed as one of 25 Electronic System Providers (PSE) not yet registered within the ministry, as stipulated in the Minister of Communication and Informatics Technology Regulation Number 5 of 2020 concerning Private Electronic System Providers (PM Kominfo 5/2020).
According to him, the ministry has given Cloudflare 14 working days to fulfill its obligations.
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If the PSE fails to fulfill its obligations, his party will impose administrative sanctions, including terminating service access, as stipulated in Article 7 of PM Kominfo 5/2020.
Given the large number of websites using these services, Sabar suggested them to use alternative internet service providers in case Cloudflare's access is blocked by the Indonesian government.
"By issuing this warning, those using Cloudflare's services will have to find other alternatives," he remarked.
Sabar stressed that cooperation with global platforms remains open if they demonstrate a sincere commitment to compliance and digital community safety.
"We are open and always ready to collaborate, but compliance with regulations and laws remains a red line. Keeping Indonesia's digital space clean and safe is a shared responsibility," he emphasized.
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Translator: Farhan Arda Nugraha, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: M Razi Rahman
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