Citizens Don't Be Naughty! Virtual Police Already Operating And Ready To Take Action On Hoax Spreader's Accounts

Virtual Police starts operating on social media (Business Insider)

JAKARTA - After being launched some time ago, Virtual Police is finally officially operational. This was revealed by Argo Yuwono as Head of Public Relations Division of the Police. He revealed that after the circular was issued, Virtual Police were already patrolling cyberspace.

The virtual police immediately took action against 3 social media user accounts by giving warnings. One of the three accounts posted a picture with the words "don't forget I am the thief". In taking action against the account, the police claimed to have consulted a linguist so that the content could potentially violate the law.

"Yesterday there were three we made, we sent (a warning)," said Argo in an interview.

After that the virtual police also give a warning letter which reads: “Virtual police alert. Warning 1. Your Twitter content uploaded on February 21, 2021 at 15:15 WIB has the potential to be criminalized for hate speech. "

Argo also informed the contents of the warning letter which reads, “In order to avoid further legal proceedings, we are advised to immediately make corrections to social media content after you receive this message. Greetings Precision. "

When the Virtual Police were in action, one of the officers who observed user activity on social media and found posting content that was deemed to violate ITE laws. The officer will report to the superior.

The next step, the post will be given to experts for opinion. The experts here include, linguists, ITE experts and criminal experts. The National Police has a special section to take action against violating content, namely the Director of Cyber Crime or other parties previously assigned.

"After he gave the approval, then we japri to the account. We'll send that. So officially send it. So you know that someone sent it from the police, "said Argo.

He also hopes that the Virtual Police can curb content that spreads false information circulating on social media. Argo also urged netizens to be careful. This is because the Virtual Police is intended to monitor and educate and prevent people who have the potential to violate the ITE Law.