Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
  • Register
  • Login
  • Language
    • English
    • Język Polski
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Current
  • Archives
  • Announcements
  • About
    • About the Journal
    • Submissions
    • Editorial Team
    • Privacy Statement
    • Contact
  • Register
  • Login
  • Language:
  • English
  • Język Polski

Comparative Law Review

Criminal Disinformation in Relation to the Freedom of Expression in Indonesia: A Critical Study
  • Home
  • /
  • Criminal Disinformation in Relation to the Freedom of Expression in Indonesia: A Critical Study
  1. Home /
  2. Archives /
  3. Vol. 27 (2021) /
  4. STUDIES

Criminal Disinformation in Relation to the Freedom of Expression in Indonesia: A Critical Study

Authors

  • Vidya Prahassacitta Lecturer, Business Law Program, Law Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Bina Nusantara, Indonesia. Ph.D. student, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-2140
  • Harkristuti Harkrisnowo Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-3529

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/CLR.2021.005

Keywords

criminalisation, disinformation , freedom of expression , harm principles , Indonesia

Abstract

In a democratic society, the criminalisation of spreading disinformation is deemed a violation of freedom of expression. The development of information and communication technology, specifically the Internet, has changed people's perceptions of both disinformation and freedom of expression. This research critically analyses criminal law intervention against disinformation and freedom of expression in Indonesia. The research is document research using a comparative approach that analyses laws and regulations on disinformation in Indonesia, Germany, and Singapore. For Indonesian law, this research focuses on the provision of Articles 14 and 15 of Law No. 1/1946, which criminalises disinformation in the public sphere. This research shows that Indonesia needs a new approach regarding the criminal prohibition of spreading disinformation. It recommends that criminal law intervention is limited only to disinformation that is spread on a massive scale and causes significant harm.

Author Biographies

Vidya Prahassacitta, Lecturer, Business Law Program, Law Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Bina Nusantara, Indonesia. Ph.D. student, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia.

Vidya Prahassacitta, SH. M.H. is a lecturer and faculty member of the Department of Business Law, Faculty of Humanity, Binus University, Jakarta. Vidya is a licensed advocate from Peradi since 2010.  She holds her bachelor of law and master of law degrees both from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia. Currently, Vidya is a candidate doctor from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, major in Criminal law and Criminal Justice System. Her dissertation title is Indonesian criminal law policy in the distribution of fake news through the internet. 

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia since 1981. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia. Masters of Arts in Criminology and Corrections and Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice degrees were obtained from Sam Houston State University. The position of Professor was  conferred  in 2002 with an Inaugural Speech entitled: Reconstruction of the Criminal Concept: A Lawsuit Against Legislation and Criminal Processes in Indonesia .

 

Comparative Law Review

Downloads

  • PDF

Published

2021-12-22

How to Cite

1.
PRAHASSACITTA, Vidya and HARKRISNOWO, Harkristuti. Criminal Disinformation in Relation to the Freedom of Expression in Indonesia: A Critical Study. Comparative Law Review. Online. 22 December 2021. Vol. 27, pp. 135-165. [Accessed 9 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/CLR.2021.005.
  • ISO 690
  • ACM
  • ACS
  • APA
  • ABNT
  • Chicago
  • Harvard
  • IEEE
  • MLA
  • Turabian
  • Vancouver
Download Citation
  • Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
  • BibTeX

Issue

Vol. 27 (2021)

Section

STUDIES

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Comparative Law Review

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Stats

Number of views and downloads: 1709
Number of citations: 1

Search

Search

Browse

  • Browse Author Index
  • Issue archive

User

User

Current Issue

  • Atom logo
  • RSS2 logo
  • RSS1 logo

Information

  • For Readers
  • For Authors
  • For Librarians

Newsletter

Subscribe Unsubscribe

Language

  • English
  • Język Polski

Tags

Search using one of provided tags:

criminalisation, disinformation , freedom of expression , harm principles , Indonesia
Up

Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

Najlepsze czasopisma naukowe i akademickie w jednym miejscu

apcz.umk.pl

Partners

  • Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
  • Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
  • Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
  • Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
  • Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
  • Instytut Tomistyczny
  • Karmelitański Instytut Duchowości w Krakowie
  • Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
  • Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Krośnie
  • Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych we Włocławku
  • Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa im. Stanisława Pigonia w Krośnie
  • Polska Fundacja Przemysłu Kosmicznego
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Ekonomiczne
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
  • Towarzystwo Miłośników Torunia
  • Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu
  • Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
  • Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
  • Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika
  • Uniwersytet w Białymstoku
  • Uniwersytet Warszawski
  • Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna - Książnica Kopernikańska
  • Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Pelplinie / Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne „Bernardinum" w Pelplinie

© 2021- Nicolaus Copernicus University Accessibility statement Shop