Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines
Press Council Regulations
Freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are human rights protected by Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The existence of cyber media in Indonesia also represents freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press.
Cyber media has a unique character and therefore requires guidelines to ensure its professional management, fulfilling its functions, rights, and obligations in accordance with Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics. To this end, the Press Council, together with press organizations, cyber media managers, and the public, has developed the following Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines:
Scope
a. Cyber media is any form of media that uses the internet and conducts journalistic activities, while meeting the requirements of the Press Law and the Press Company Standards established by the Press Council.
b. User-Generated Content (UGC) is any content created and/or published by cyber media users, including articles, images, comments, audio, videos, and various forms of uploads attached to cyber media, such as blogs, forums, reader or viewer comments, and other forms.
2. News Verification and Balance
a. In principle, every news item must be verified.
b. News that could harm another party requires verification within the same news item to meet the principles of accuracy and balance.
c. The provisions in point (a) above are exempted, provided that:
The news item truly contains urgent public interest;
The primary news source must be clearly identified, credible, and competent;
The subject of the news item whose whereabouts must be confirmed is unknown and/or cannot be interviewed;
The media must provide an explanation to readers that the news item still requires further verification, which will be attempted as soon as possible. This explanation must be included at the end of the same news item, enclosed in parentheses and in italics.
d. After publishing news in accordance with point (c), the media is required to continue verification efforts. Once verification is achieved, the verification results are included in the updated news with a link to the unverified news.
3. User-Generated Content
q. Cyber media must include terms and conditions regarding User-Generated Content that do not conflict with Law No. 40 of 1999 concerning the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics, and are posted in a clear and conspicuous manner.
b. Cyber media require each user to register for membership and log in before publishing all forms of User-Generated Content. Provisions regarding log-in will be regulated further.
c. During registration, cyber media require users to provide written consent that the published User-Generated Content:
Does not contain lies, slander, sadism, or obscenity;
Does not contain content that contains prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations (SARA), or encourages acts of violence; Do not contain discriminatory content based on gender or language, and do not demean the dignity of the weak, poor, sick, mentally or physically disabled.
d. Cyber media have the absolute authority to edit or delete User-Generated Content that violates point (c).
e. Cyber media are required to provide a complaint mechanism for User-Generated Content deemed to violate the provisions in point (c). This mechanism must be provided in a location that is easily accessible to users.
f. Cyber media are required to edit, delete, and take corrective action for any reported User-Generated Content that violates the provisions in point (c) as soon as possible and in a proportionate manner, no later than 2 x 24 hours after the complaint is received.
g. Cyber media that have complied with the provisions in points (a), (b), (c), and (f) are not responsible for problems arising from the publication of content that violates the provisions in point (c).
h. Cyber media are responsible for reported User-Generated Content if they do not take corrective action within the time limit as stated in point (f).
4. Rectifications, Corrections, and the Right of Reply
a. Rectifications, corrections, and the right of reply refer to the Press Law, the Journalistic Code of Ethics, and the Right of Reply Guidelines established by the Press Council.
b. Rectifications, corrections, and/or the right of reply must be linked to the news being rectified, corrected, or to which the right of reply has been granted.
c. Each news item with a rectification, correction, and right of reply must include the time the rectification, correction, and/or right of reply was published.
d. If a particular cyber media news item is disseminated by another cyber media outlet, then:
The responsibility of the cyber media outlet producing the news is limited to the news published on that cyber media outlet or on cyber media outlets under its technical authority;
Corrections made by one cyber media outlet must also be made by other cyber media outlets that quote the news from the corrected cyber media outlet;
Media outlets that disseminate news from a cyber media outlet and fail to make corrections to the news in accordance with the instructions of the cyber media outlet that owns and/or produces the news are fully responsible for all legal consequences of the uncorrected news.
e. In accordance with the Press Law, cyber media that fail to comply with the right of reply may be subject to criminal sanctions and a fine of up to IDR 500,000,000 (five hundred million rupiah).
5. News Retraction
a. Published news cannot be retracted for reasons of censorship by parties outside the editorial team, except for issues related to ethnicity, religion, race, religion (SARA), morality, the future of children, the traumatic experiences of victims, or based on other special considerations determined by the Press Council.
b. Other cyber media are required to follow suit by retracting news excerpts from the original media outlet that have been retracted.
c. News retractions must be accompanied by a reason for the retraction and announced to the public.
6. Advertisements
a. Cyber media must clearly distinguish between news products and advertisements.
b. Every news item/article/content that constitutes an advertisement or paid content must include the statement "advertorial," "advertisement," "ads," "sponsored," or other terms that clarify that the news item/article/content is an advertisement.
7. Copyright
Cyber media are required to respect copyright as stipulated in applicable laws and regulations.
8. Inclusion of Guidelines
Cyber media are required to clearly and visibly include these Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines in their media.
9. Disputes
Final assessments of disputes regarding the implementation of these Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines will be resolved by the Press Council.
Jakarta, February 3, 2012
(These Guidelines were signed by the Press Council and the press community in Jakarta on February 3, 2012).
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