Press Council Regulations 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 a. Cyber Media is all forms of media that use the internet as a medium and carry out journalistic activities, and meet the requirements of the Press Law and the Press Company Standards established by the Press Council.b. User Generated Content is any content created and/or published by cyber media users, including articles, images, comments, audio, videos, and various forms of uploads attached to cyber media, such as blogs, forums, reader or viewer comments, and other forms.
2. Verification and balance of newsa. In principle, every news item must be verified.b. News that could be detrimental to other parties requires verification of the same news to meet the principles of accuracy and balance.c. The provisions in point (a) above are excluded, provided that: 1. The news truly contains urgent public interest; 2. The first news source is a source whose identity is clearly stated, credible and competent; 3. The subject of the news whose whereabouts must be confirmed is unknown and/or cannot be interviewed; 4. The media provides an explanation to readers that the news is still requires further verification which will be attempted as soon as possible. The explanation is included at the end of the same news, in brackets and using italics.d. After publishing news in accordance with point (c), the media must continue verification efforts, and after verification is obtained, the verification results are included in the updated news with a link to the unverified news.
3. User Generated Contenta. 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, which are placed clearly and visibly.b. Cyber media requires every user to register for membership and log in before publishing any form of User-Generated Content. Login provisions will be further regulated.c. In this registration, cyber media requires users to provide written consent that the User Generated Content that is published: 1. Does not contain lies, slander, sadism or obscenity; 2. Does not contain content that contains prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group (SARA), and encourages acts of violence; 3. Does not contain discriminatory content based on gender and language differences, and not degrading the dignity of the weak, poor, sick, mentally handicapped or handicapped physical.d. Cyber media has absolute authority to edit or delete User Generated Content that contradicts point (c).e. Cyber media must provide a complaint mechanism for User-Generated Content deemed to violate the provisions in point (c). This mechanism must be provided in a location that is easily accessible to users.f. Cyber media are required to edit, delete, and take corrective action on any User Generated Content that is reported and violates the provisions of point (c), as soon as possible in a proportional manner, no later than 2 x 24 hours after the complaint is received.g. Cyber media that have fulfilled the provisions in points (a), (b), (c), and (f) are not burdened with responsibility for problems arising from the publication of content that violates the provisions in point (c).h. Cyber media are responsible for reported User-Generated Content if they do not take corrective action within the time limit as stated in point (f).
4. Rectifications, Corrections, and the Right of Replya. Rectifications, 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.b. Rectifications, corrections and/or the right to reply must be linked to the news item that is being corrected, rectified or to which the right to reply has been given.c. In every news item containing an errata, correction, or right of reply, the time of publication of the errata, correction, or right of reply must be stated.d. If a particular cyber media news item is disseminated by another cyber media, then: 1. The responsibility of the cyber media that created the news is limited to the news that was published. published in the cyber media or cyber media under its technical authority; 2. News corrections made by cyber media must also be made by other cyber media that quote news from the corrected cyber media; 3. Media that disseminates news from a cyber media and does not carry out corrections to news as made by the cyber media owner and/or the news maker is fully responsible for all legal consequences of the news. the news that he did not correct.e. In accordance with the Press Law, cyber media that do not serve the right of reply can be subject to criminal sanctions in the form of a fine of up to Rp500,000,000 (five hundred million rupiah).
5. Revocation of Newsa. News that has been published cannot be revoked for reasons of censorship from parties outside the editorial team, except regarding issues of SARA, morality, the future of children, traumatic experiences of victims or based on other special considerations determined by the Press Council.b. Other cyber media are required to follow the retraction of news quotes from the original media that have been retracted.c. Retractions of news must be accompanied by a reason for the retraction and announced to the public.
6. Advertisementsa. Cyber media must clearly distinguish between news products and advertisements.b. Every news/article/content that is an advertisement and/or paid content must include the description “advertorial”, “advertisement”, “ads”, “sponsored”, or other words that explain that the news/article/content is an advertisement.
7. CopyrightCyber media must respect copyright as regulated in applicable laws and regulations.
8. Inclusion of GuidelinesCyber media must include these Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines in their media in a clear and obvious manner.
9. DisputesThe final assessment of disputes regarding the implementation of these Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines will be resolved by the Press Council.Jakarta, February 3, 2012
(This guideline was signed by the Press Council and the press community in Jakarta,
February 3, 2012).
