Content Containing SARA, Police And Kemenkominfo Block 42 Videos Related To Muhammad Kece

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan (Photo: Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - The National Police said the collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) had blocked or taken down 42 videos of blasphemy related to Muhammad Kece. In fact, the blocking process continues.

"The total handling of Muhammad Kece's content by the Kominfo update on August 25, 2021, has taken down 42 videos," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan when confirmed, Thursday, August 26.

In the process, continued Ramadhan, there are still dozens of videos that will be blocked. Then, the officers continued to track the other videos that had been spread.

"In the process of handling 38 videos," said Ramadhan.

Previously, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics took firm steps by closing the YouTube account of Muhammad Kece alias M. Kece which was suspected of containing elements of blasphemy.

"The Ministry of Communication and Information has cut off access to 20 videos from M. Kece's Youtube account, as well as one video from the TikTok platform. Coordination efforts with platform managers, as well as related Ministries/Institutions continue to be carried out to prevent the spread and misuse of such content," said the spokesperson. Kemenkominfo Dedy Permadi in a statement quoted by VOI, Monday, August 23.

Dedy said that M. Kece's Youtube content contained statements that could create feelings of hatred or hostility based on ethnicity, religion, race, and inter-group (SARA).

According to the Ministry of Communication and Information, the actions of the M. Kece Youtube account owner can be categorized as creating content that violates Law no. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions as amended by Law no. 19 of 2016, Article 28 paragraph 2 jo.

Based on the article, M. Kece can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 6 (six) years and/or a maximum fine of Rp. 1,000,000,000. Not only that, Dedy and his party will also carry out cyber patrols to find similar content spread across various social media.