Social Media Blocking Policy In Democracy Country: The Case of Social Media Blocking related to the rejection of the Indonesia 2019 Presidential Election result
Sugiarto Pramono, Liu Changming
Abstract
Abstract
The argument of this article is that the policy to blocking of social media is not always in contradiction with democracy. The increasing volume of hoaxes related to the rejection actions of the results of the Presidential Election on May 21 and 22in front of the KPU and BAWASLU buildings, has the potential to disrupt the Presidential Election process, so the restrictive measures are important and urgent. Even though it is not popular in the democratic tradition, the courage to limit social media, it is difficult to resist, has benefited the sustainability of democracy. The Government's social restrictions policy is in line with efforts to strengthen democracy: (1) it is temporary, not permanent; (2) focus on certain social media in certain areas, (3) aims to reduce hoaxes; and (4) carried out by a democratic state that allows control by Parliament so that the policy on social media restrictions is not out of control.
Keywords: Social Media Blocking, Hoaxes, Post Truth, Democracy.
