UNAIR NEWS – The existence of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (UU ITE) apparently does not fully bring a positive impact in the dynamics of communication and information.It happens because the ITE law is often used as ‘tools’ to play politics and used to harm others.The law that should give protection actually contains a lot of articles exploited by the people to throw others into the iron bars.
The existence of criminal sanctions in the Law on ITE was not supported by one of the lecturers of the Faculty of Law 51动漫, Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman.Through a media discussion entitled “Journalism Is Not a Crime” held on Thursday, October 19, Herlambang said that there are five reasons why he does not approve of press crimes applied to journalistic activities.
“I have five reasons why I do not approve of the press crimes applied to journalistic activities.The firstis judicial precedent, the second is the development of the state law of freedom of expression, the third is recommendations of the United Nations, the fourth is inaccuracies and inappropriateness use of press ban (legal sociology, legal history), and the fifth is directions of Indonesian legal development (Press Council, BPHN, SEMA 2008) , said Herlambang.
In agreement with Herlambang, a journalist Dandhy Dwi Laksono said that the last amendment of UU ITE is still not ideal because the various problems still cannot be solved.
“As a reflection, the amendment of the ITE Act last time was not enough because it did not answer the existing problems.Today we are not dealing with a regime that curbs freedom of expression like the New Order.But indirectly, we are dealing with the things that lead to it, for example when the police disperse an ongoing discussions, “said Dandhy.
The discussion was continued with a presentation of Prof.Henry Subiakto.He explained about the crucial issues of ITE Act as well as the trend showing more people have access to the internet.
” ITE Act is a legal umbrella of activity in cyberspace.The existence of the ITE Act is a real-world norm extension to the virtual world.So, what is banned in the real world is prohibited also in cyberspace, “said the legal expert staff of the Ministry of Communications and Information.(*)
Author: Pradita Desyanti
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
