GuidelinesPedoman Media Siber

Freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are human rights protected by Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The existence of cyber media in Indonesia is also part of freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press. Cyber media has a special character that requires guidelines so that its management can be carried out professionally, fulfilling its functions, rights, and obligations according to Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics. For this reason, the Press Council together with press organizations, cyber media managers, and the public have compiled the Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines as follows:

1. Scope

User Generated Content is all content created and/or published by cyber media users, including articles, images, comments, sounds, videos and various forms of uploads attached to cyber media, such as blogs, forums, reader or viewer comments, and other forms.

2. News Verification and Balance

In principle, every news must be verified.
News that could be detrimental to other parties requires verification of the same news to meet the principles of accuracy and balance.
The provisions in point (1) above are excluded, provided that:
- The news truly contains urgent public interest;
- The primary source of the news must be clearly identified, credible, and competent;
- The subject of the news whose whereabouts must be confirmed is unknown and/or unavailable for interview;
- The media must explain to readers that the news still requires further verification, which will be attempted as soon as possible. This explanation must be included at the end of the same news item, enclosed in parentheses and in italics.
After publishing news in accordance with point (3), the media is obliged to continue verification efforts, and after verification is obtained, the verification results are included in the updated news with a link to the news that has not been verified.

3. User Generated Content

Cyber media must include terms and conditions regarding User-Generated Content that do not conflict with Law No. 40 of 1999 concerning the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics, and must be displayed in a clear and conspicuous manner.
Cyber media require each user to register for membership and log in before publishing any form of User-Generated Content. Login provisions will be further regulated.
During registration, cyber media require users to provide written consent that the published User-Generated Content:
Does not contain lies, slander, sadism, or obscenity;
Does not contain content that promotes prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations (SARA), or encourages acts of violence;
Does not contain discriminatory content based on gender or language, and does not demean the dignity of the weak, poor, sick, mentally or physically disabled.
- Does not contain lies, slander, sadism, or obscenity;
- Does not contain content that promotes prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations (SARA), or encourages acts of violence;
- Does not contain discriminatory content based on gender or language, and does not demean the dignity of the weak, poor, sick, mentally or physically disabled.
Cyber media outlets have the absolute authority to edit or delete User-Generated Content that violates point (3).
Cyber media outlets are required to provide a complaint mechanism for User-Generated Content deemed to violate the provisions in point (3). This mechanism must be provided in a location easily accessible to users.
Cyber media outlets are required to edit, delete, and take corrective action for any reported User-Generated Content that violates the provisions in point (3) as soon as possible and in a proportionate manner, no later than 2 x 24 hours after the complaint is received.
Cyber media outlets that have complied with the provisions in points (1), (2), (3), and (6) are not responsible for any problems arising from the publication of content that violates the provisions in point (3).
Cyber media outlets are responsible for reported User-Generated Content if they fail to take corrective action within the time limit as stated in point (6).

4. Errata, Corrections, and Right of Reply

Errata, corrections, and the right of reply refer to the Press Law, the Journalistic Code of Ethics, and the Right of Reply Guidelines established by the Press Council.
Errata, corrections, and/or rights of reply must be linked to the news item being errata, corrected, or to which the right of reply has been granted.
Every news item with an errata, correction, and right of reply must include the time the errata, correction, and/or right of reply was published.
If a particular cyber media news item is disseminated by another cyber media outlet, then:
The responsibility of the cyber media outlet producing the news is limited to the news item published on that cyber media outlet or on cyber media outlets under its technical authority;
Corrections made by one cyber media outlet must also be made by other cyber media outlets that quote the news from the corrected cyber media outlet;
Media outlets that disseminate news from a cyber media outlet and fail to make corrections to the news item as directed by the cyber media outlet that owns and/or produces the news are fully responsible for all legal consequences of the uncorrected news item.
- The responsibility of a news-creating cyber media outlet is limited to the news published on that cyber media outlet or on cyber media outlets under its technical authority.
- Corrections made by a cyber media outlet must also be made by other cyber media outlets that quote the news from the corrected cyber media outlet.
- Media outlets that disseminate news from a cyber media outlet and fail to make corrections to the news in accordance with those made by the cyber media outlet that owns and/or produces the news are fully responsible for all legal consequences resulting from the uncorrected news.
In accordance with the Press Law, cyber media that do not provide the right of reply can be subject to criminal sanctions in the form of a maximum fine of IDR 500,000,000 (five hundred million rupiah).

5. News Retraction

Published news cannot be retracted due to censorship by parties outside the editorial team, except for issues related to ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations (SARA), morality, the future of children, the traumatic experiences of victims, or other special considerations determined by the Press Council.
Other cyber media outlets are required to retract news quotes from the original media outlet.
Retractions must be accompanied by a reason for the retraction and must be announced to the public.

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