Let's Look At The Article Of The ITE Law That Threatens Gisel-Like Porn Video Spreaders

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JAKARTA - Special Staff of the Minister of Communication and Informatics for Digital and Human Resources Dedy Permadi said that his party had started takedowns for pornographic video content similar to the celebrity, Gisella Anastasia, circulating on social media.

"Kominfo has been and continues to browse the video in question on various social media platforms. Parallels we coordinate with related social media platforms to do takedowns. Some of them have taken takedowns," said Dedy, quoted by Antara, Saturday, November 7.

The video dominated the trending topic of Twitter until Saturday afternoon. Not a few netizens also distributed the screenshots and videos.

Regarding this, Dedy said that people who disseminate the content will be caught in the Information and Electronic Transactions Law (UU ITE).

Paragraph 1 Article 27 of the ITE Law Number 19 Year 2016 reads: Everyone knowingly and without right distributes and / or transmits and / or makes accessible Electronic Information and / or Electronic Documents that have contents that violate decency.

Then Article 45 of the ITE Law states that, "Every person who meets the elements referred to in Article 27 paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (3), or paragraph (4) shall be sentenced to imprisonment of a maximum of 6 (six). ) years and / or a maximum fine of Rp. 1,000,000,000.00 (one billion rupiah). "

"By referring to the ITE Law, people who distribute and / or transmit and / or make the content accessible, can also be ensnared. Likewise, if we refer to the Pornography Law," said Dedy.