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The Indonesian government recognizes the scale of the problem and has taken significant action. However, its primary method is blocking individual URLs. This is a losing battle against a network like Indo18. As one report noted, when a major illegal streaming site is blocked, it is like a "hydra"—multiple mirror sites "inevitably appear in its place". This is the fundamental flaw in a purely reactive blocking strategy. Given the low cost of spinning up a new domain, the decentralized nature of the internet, and the vast demand for this content, the government is playing an infinite game of Whack-a-Mole, and the moles are winning.

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