Cyber Defamation Through the Media: Comparative Study of Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia

Abstract

Technology has enabled the humans to access the information as they need in their march towards progress. However, cybercrime or online crimes have never been a part of this progress. It is the misuse of social media that has contributed to the growth of cybercrime. This study attempts to make a comparison of regulatory provisions for cyber defamation being carried out through electronic-based media in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea. This study used normative juridical research methods to analyze  secondary data collected through library research and documentation search. The conceptual, statutory, and comparative approaches were used to analyze the data. The rationale behind this study was to find out whether there exists any legal material or redressals that could be seen as a reformation in the legislative policies regarding Crime of Cyber Defamation through media in the sampled countries. The findings confirmed that there exist several differences in the regulations related to cyber defamation laws in Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea, especially those deal with crimes committed through electronic media. The study also found out the cyber defamation crimes are classified in terms of types of offenses, elements, and definitions in each country, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea.