Jakarta, May 17 -- Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Arifah Fauzi highlighted the need to prioritize child protection amid alarming concerns over online gambling exposure.

She noted that recent data from the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs shows nearly 200,000 Indonesian children have been exposed to these illicit digital activities.

"This poses a serious threat to children's rights to live, grow, develop, and be protected from various forms of exploitation in the digital space," she said in Jakarta on Saturday.

According to her, the involvement of children in online gambling cannot be viewed merely as a behavioral issue.

Instead it represents a critical vulnerability to digital exploitation and risks tha...