Legal Analysis on Cyber bullying in Social Media Conducted by Underage Based on Indonesian Law
Preface Social media is one of the easiest means that provide freedom of opinion. However, the existence of social media in this era also contributes to disadvantages. The presence of cyberbullying shows that freedom in social media is often misused to harm others. Cyberbullying is a behavior that is intended to ridicule, frighten, injure or cause harm to the weaker party by using the means of communication on Technology of Information. Ironically, there are many cases on Cyberbullying ended with more serious incident such as suicide. Katie Webb ended her life at 12 years old. Katie was found dead, hanging herself at her home in Evesham, Worcestershire, England due to bullying conducted by her friends via Facebook. She gets insults for her hairstyles and her clothes preferences. Lara Burns, also died at 12 years old, a girl from Ireland conducted suicide. Lara was found dead at her home on November, 24 th 2012. According to the local police investigation, Lara was desperate d...