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Election and the Voters’ Personal Data

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on March 6, 2009

By: Sonny Zulhuda

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On Wednesday this week the Indonesian Embassy in KL held a ceremony officiating the upcoming-election committee and its secretariat. The Ambassador attended the ceremony and so did most of the embassy officials. I was invited as a witness for the proceeding as a representative of the community in Malaysia.

What led me to write here was particularly an issue (among so many) that came up in my discussion with several members of election committee and reps from participating political parties after the function: privacy right of the voters.

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Sistem ‘Co-regulatory’ Penanganan Konten Internet di Indonesia

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on January 13, 2009

Oleh: Sonny Zulhuda

Bagaimana penanganan ‘co-regulatory’ bagi isu pemuatan konten pelecehan di Indonesia? 

Di Indonesia, tindakan pemuatan informasi yang menimbulkan permusuhan/kebencian, misalnya, berdasarkan agama, dapat dikenakan sanksi berlapis di bawah Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP) dan UU No. 11/2008 tentang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (UU-ITE) dengan ancaman denda maksimal satu milyar rupiah dan/atau penjara enam tahun.

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Kebebasan Berpendapat dalam Internet dan Perangkat Penanganannya

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on January 13, 2009

Oleh: Sonny Zulhuda

j0341636Pada bagian lain kita singgung tentang munculnya persinggungan antara masyarakat informasi dan etika yang hidup dalam masyarakat itu sendiri (lihat posting ‘Masyarakat Internet dan Etika Sosial’). Pada kenyataannya, masih sering terjadi dimana-mana gejolak dan perselisihan yang melibatkan pemuatan konten yang dianggap melecehkan, baik itu dilihat dari aspek sosial, agama, budaya, politik, dan lain-lain. Isu-isu seperti ini datang silih berganti. Apakah gejolak ini merupakan kutukan bagi masyarakat informasi?

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Masyarakat Internet dan Etika Sosial

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on January 13, 2009

Oleh: Sonny Zulhuda

Beberapa waktu lalu perhatian kita tertuju kepada haru biru Internet di Indonesia. Belum selesai pihak Kepolisian Republik Indonesia menangani kasus prostitusi dan perjudian via Internet, masyarakat dikejutkan dengan terbitnya sebuah komik elektronik berbahasa Indonesia yang menistakan Nabi Muhammad Saw dan menyakitkan hati umat Islam di negara berpenduduk Muslim terbanyak di dunia ini.

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Pertanggungjawaban Penyedia Jasa Internet (ISP) di bawah UU Pornografi

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on November 18, 2008

 By: Sonny Zulhuda

UU Pornografi melarang pemuatan dan penyebarluasan Pornografi di berbagai media termasuk Internet. Masalahnya, seringkali pembuat atau pemasok pornografi di Internet adalah anonim alias tidak bernama atau beridentitas.

Hal ini sangat dimungkinkan mengingat fasilitas Internet seperti situs, blog, atau email pada umumnya tersedia secara gratis dan tidak memerlukan identitas asli pendaftar. Sementara data mutakhir di Indonesia menunjukkan mayoritas pengguna Internet memakai fasilitas umum seperti warnet, atau fasilitas kantor atau sekolah yang tidak diatur sistem aksesnya. Keadaan ini bisa mengaburkan identifikasi orang yang memproduksi, memuat atau meyebarkan pornografi di Internet.

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Pengaturan Konten Internet: UU Pornografi vis a vis UU ITE

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on November 18, 2008

By: Sonny Zulhuda

Bangsa Indonesia sekali lagi mencatat peristiwa penting dengan lahirnya Undang-undang Pornografi (UUP) yang bertujuan menciptakan kepastian hukum atas penggunaan, penyediaan dan penyebaran produk dan jasa pornografi di tengah-tengah masyarakat Indonesia. Coretan kecil ini mencoba melihat beberapa tantangan implementasinya di ruang maya.

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Kaitan Pasal-pasal UU Pornografi terhadap Media Internet

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on November 7, 2008

Ketentuan Undang-undang Pornografi* yang terkait dengan media Internet dan perbuatan hukum pengguna Internet – Draft Matriks

Disusun oleh: Sonny Zulhuda

Media Internet merupakan salah satu obyek pengaturan UUP yang mencakup pasal-pasal pidana bagi siapa saja yang menyebarluaskan atau mengunduh pornografi melalui media informasi dan komunikasi itu.

Selain itu ada juga pasal-pasal yang terkait pencegahan, pembuktian dan pnyidikan. Pasal-pasal ini dilihat melengkapi peraturan perundangan yang sebelumnya juga baru disahkan oleh DPR pada bulan maret lalu, yaitu Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik (UUITE).

Dengan adanya kepastian hukum ini, kita berharap citra negatif Internet dapat dipebaiki dan dengan demikian dapat menumbuhkan masyarakat informasi Indonesia yang kreatif, produktif dan beretika tinggi. 

Lantas, sejauh mana keterkaitan pasal-pasal di UU Pornografi terhadap Media Internet? Ini bisa disimak di matriks yang tersusun dibawah. Dalam kolom keterangan, nantinya akan kita analisa lebih jauh implikasi dan penjelasannya. 

 

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ICT and Law: Convergence is the way ahead

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on July 9, 2008

I recently read another encouraging development pertaining to the cyberlaw in Indonesia. The ICT Minister mentioned that the convergence of national laws relating to ICT is underway. He mentioned that the two acts on telecommunications and broadcast (UU Telekomunikasi & UU Penyiaran) are going to be merged and redrafted. This is very very positive development. While the technologies are becoming convergent, we don’t see why the law should address the issues separately. It is a major work for sure. But no matter how difficult, costly and complicated it is, the benefit is much bigger that that for the long run.

I’ll write more about the convergence of law in due course…

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Indonesia’s first cyberlaw officially signed, gazetted and numbered

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on May 21, 2008

This had came to my knowledge over a month ago, but could only wrote it here now. The Indonesia’s first cyberlaw has now been officially gazetted and designated a new number. The law shall now be known as (in Indonesian) UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK NO. 11 TAHUN 2008 TENTANG INFORMASI DAN TRANSAKSI ELEKTRONIK. The law is gazetted in ‘LEMBARAN NEGARA NO.58′ and ‘TAMBAHAN LEMBARAN NEGARA NO.4843. All these were done after the law was officially signed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia on 21 April 2008.

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[Petikan UU-ITE] Perihal Muatan yang Dilarang (Content Regulation)

Posted by sonnyzulhuda on March 31, 2008

Sonny Zulhuda: Under UU-ITE (the ‘Act’), several offences are provided mainly to ensure the creation of safe and trustworthy electronic environment that should protect consumers and finally help Indonesia’s e-commerce prosper. Other than the computer-related cybercrimes (such as hacking), there are offences laid down relating to the online content regulations. This aspect of the law has apparently stolen the limelight the first day when the Act was passed. Understandable enough due to the mounting pressures from public who wish to see actions from the Government, especially in handling online pornography in Indonesia.

To the drafters’ credit, the law identifies broad criteria of content which are offensive and prohibited. These include elements of indecency, gambling, insult, defamation, threat, extortion, fraud or misrepresentation prejudicial against consumers, hate speech, violence, and threats. The law also provides for penal punishment for each of these prohibited content. Does it mean Indonesia opts for a strict Internet censorship? Not necessary. I shall reserve my comment in different section(s) later in near future. For the provisions on this issue, here you go:

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