Popular news outlet Liputan6.com filed a report of supposed intimidation, in the type of doxing, against among its reporters, Cakrayuri “Cakra” Nuralam, to the Jakarta Cops on Monday.
” We have reported the [unlawful] publication of a Liputan6.com journalist ' s individual information[to the police] This report is a way to eliminate versus intimidation toward journalists,” Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) director Ade Wahyudin stated on Monday.
Liputan6.com editor-in-chief Irna Gustiawati said she had also reported the intimidation to the National Commission on Human Being Rights (Komnas HAM) last Tuesday.
In a meeting, the commission stated doxing was an infraction of human rights, especially considering that the attack did not only impact the victim however likewise his member of the family.
On Sept. 11, several social networks accounts published Cakra’s personal information on numerous platforms, such as Instagram and Telegram.
In a quote to challenge him, the perpetrator modified Cakra ' s images and released them without his approval. The perpetrator also modified images taken by Liputan6.com reporters to be used in a project of harassment versus the news outlet and the journalist.
The intimidation was apparently influenced by a fact-check short article published on Sept. 10, in which Cakra refuted claims that a member of the House of Representatives from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is the grandson of the founder of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in West Sumatra.
A day later, four Instagram accounts published Cakra ' s individual information, such as his social networks accounts, email addresses and contact number.
Those accounts likewise posted hate speech versus him, calling Cakra “the program ' s reporter”, “a monkey” and “a PKI fan” among other things.
Throughout 2019, LBH Pers tape-recorded an increasing number of events of violence versus reporters, including cyberattacks and doxing. The institute discovered 79 attacks against reporters in 2019, which was eight more cases than in 2018.
Ade revealed hope that other journalists who experienced similar cyberbullying might likewise file a report to the authorities.
” Filing a report is required as a deterrent impact against criminals. Journalists work for the public interest and they are protected by the Press Law,” he said.
According to the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), 3 cases of doxing versus journalists were reported to authorities in2018 No case of journalist doxing has been resolved by the cops or law enforcement.
