MEDIA SOSIAL SEBAGAI SARANA TINDAK PIDANA PENIPUAN

Abstract

development and advancement of technology at this time has resulted in the lifestyle of the community into a digital system, in this regard, one of the negative impacts is changing the way of committing fraud, one of which is through social media, social media is an online media, with its users can easily participate, share and create content covering blogs, social networks, wikis, forums and virtual worlds. Meanwhile, fraud is anyone with the intention of benefiting himself or others by fighting against rights, either by using a false name, either by reason and trickery, or by making up lies, persuading people to give goods, making debts or writing off receivables. . In committing a criminal act of fraud through electronic means, in this case the perpetrator's social media, by persuading the potential victim in a manner as if the perpetrator is a person who works as a trader, entrepreneur and the like. In the application of sanctions in fraud through social media and other electronic means, law number 11 of 2008 on electronic information and transactions is used as amended by law number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to law number 11 of 2008, in article 28 paragraph (1)