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Something is not right with the digital security figures of the country and the Indotel knows it. The data is devastating: Dominican Republic closed the last stretch of 2024 as the territory with the most victims of digital fraud in the entire continent. This statistic has forced an urgent and aggressive move by the State.
Indotel has just confirmed that 2026 marks the beginning of a frontal pursuit against digital extortion and blackmail on social media. It is not just another bureaucratic announcement; it is an emergency response to an ecosystem that has become hostile to users and institutions alike. Indotel will lead this national strategy. It basically seeks to dismantle the business model that sustains those who live off defamation and identity theft.
What is unsettling is not only the volume of attacks, but also the sophistication. We are no longer talking about poorly written emails, but rather advanced tools that are breaking the barrier of the real.
The strategy presented by the Indotel Board of Directors doesn't walk alone. The plan integrates the Dicat, the National Police, and the Public Ministry in a common front. They seek something concrete: to update a legal framework that, until yesterday, felt slow compared to the speed of fiber optics. The focus is on digital extortion. According to official reports, criminals are increasingly using manipulated images to undermine people's reputations. Indotel has been blunt in calling this the "extortion business." It is a structure that feeds on the fear and informational void of the victims. How are they going to stop it? The roadmap is divided into two axes. First, effective criminal prosecution through inter-institutional alliance. Second, an aggressive legal literacy campaign. The idea is simple: if the user knows what a crime is and how to report it, the extortionist's margin for maneuver is reduced to zero. Why now and what changes for the user?
The urgency has a name and surname: misinformation and fake news. Indotel has detected that the spread of hoaxes is not only a problem of public opinion. It is also the operational basis for financial attacks and mass extortion. What differentiates this movement from previous attempts is the coordination. The fact that the telecommunications regulator sits at the same table as the Public Ministry. This indicates that the sanctions will not remain simple administrative fines. The aim is to eradicate the rooting of these practices that, during the second half of 2024, put the Dominican Republic on the red map of cybercrime in America.
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The end of impunity in the digital ecosystemThe strategy presented by the Indotel Board of Directors doesn't walk alone. The plan integrates the Dicat, the National Police, and the Public Ministry in a common front. They seek something concrete: to update a legal framework that, until yesterday, felt slow compared to the speed of fiber optics. The focus is on digital extortion. According to official reports, criminals are increasingly using manipulated images to undermine people's reputations. Indotel has been blunt in calling this the "extortion business." It is a structure that feeds on the fear and informational void of the victims. How are they going to stop it? The roadmap is divided into two axes. First, effective criminal prosecution through inter-institutional alliance. Second, an aggressive legal literacy campaign. The idea is simple: if the user knows what a crime is and how to report it, the extortionist's margin for maneuver is reduced to zero. Why now and what changes for the user?
The urgency has a name and surname: misinformation and fake news. Indotel has detected that the spread of hoaxes is not only a problem of public opinion. It is also the operational basis for financial attacks and mass extortion. What differentiates this movement from previous attempts is the coordination. The fact that the telecommunications regulator sits at the same table as the Public Ministry. This indicates that the sanctions will not remain simple administrative fines. The aim is to eradicate the rooting of these practices that, during the second half of 2024, put the Dominican Republic on the red map of cybercrime in America.
