Abstract:
The development of the current era of digital technology has triggered the impact of
communication and lifestyle of people who sometimes do not realize and act outside the norms.
By utilizing digital technology and social media, it is easy for people to send statements and
upload pictures/videos that undermine the credibility of other people's self-esteem. With the
passage of time, various kinds of social media have sprung up and have spread almost all over
the world so that people can use them to interact with each other such as Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter, TikTok which is an application that is currently being used by the public. In
Indonesia itself still does not have clear arrangements for cyberbullying crimes, so it can see
from the criminal law arrangements that already have clearer policies, namely South Korea.
The crime of cyberbullying cannot be underestimated because it can destroy the victim's mental
psychology. The purpose of the research is to find out the advantages and disadvantages of
related legal rules so as to obtain legal materials with the intention of renewing criminal law
arrangements related to criminal acts of bullying or bullying through the internet and social
media (cyberbullying). The research method used is normative research method using
secondary data. The problem approach used in this research is the statutory approach and
comparative approach as well as the deductive paragraph method. There are 8 indicators of
cyberbullying, namely (Flaming, Harassment, Denigration, Outing, Impersonation,
Cyberstalking, Trickery, and Exclusion). The regulation in Indonesia has covered 5 indicators
while in South Korea it has covered 7 indicators. The regulation of cyberbullying criminal law
in South Korea can be used as one of the foundation factors in the reform of criminal law in
Indonesia so that the evidence and countermeasures of criminal acts are more ordely and clear
so that the handling of cyberbullying is more optimal.
