Buzzer's Position In Positive Law According To Law Number 11 Of 2008 Concerning Information And Electronic Transactions

Abstract

This study aims to find out and analyze the position of the buzzer
who spreads hoaxes in the perspective of positive law. As well as
knowing and analyzing criminal responsibility for spreading fake
news by buzzers. This research is a type of normative research. So
it can be seen that the threat of punishment that haunted the
buzzers spreading hoaxes in the 2019 elections in the Criminal
Code is regulated in several articles. The articles in question are
Articles 137, 207, 208 paragraph 1, and Article 310 paragraphs 1
and 2. And for stakeholders who order such action from the
buzzers, they are threatened with punishment as stipulated in
Article 55 paragraph 1 and Article 56 paragraph 1 and 2.