Hate Speech in Digital Democracy Against Technology and Social Media Dynamics

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10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Democracy; Demonstration; Technology; Hate Speech

Abstract

Various aspects of life have undergone major changes in line with the rapid advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). This transformation has been driven by the popularity of social media platforms, such as X or twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook, which have now become an integral part of society. As a result, people’s habits have changed from conventional methods to digital transformation. Digital transformation has also changed the way people conduct demonstrations. From a scientific point of view, demonstrations are understood as a form of political participation that allows the public to voice their aspirations, whether in support of or opposition to an issue. The use of social media has a significant impact, partly because demonstrations can be broadcast live. This makes it easy for account owners to organize large crowds very quickly. Expressing opinions through social media is indeed free, but this freedom is still bound by ethical restrictions and existing legal provisions. Unfortunately, in practice, many individuals who broadcast demonstrations on their social media actually spread calls for illegal actions. Digital demonstrations influenced the public, including calls to damage public facilities and loot the homes of several council members. To make matters worse, they even spread the full addresses of the council members’ homes in the comments section of the live social media broadcast. This study also focuses on the issue of freedom of expression without regard for the rights of others, as mandated by the country’s constitution;

This paper aims to analyze the implications of using ICT through social media as a means of expressing opinions and examining the role of the government in filtering and preventing incitement or content that encourages anarchist demonstrations, which could ultimately threaten the country’s security and stability. The research method applied in this study is a normative juridical approach, which focuses on examining various legal materials. This study analyzes three main sources of law, including primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials. In this study, the author uses a legal event approach, legislation, and analyzes through the lens of progressive legal theory and Pancasila legal theory. This study focuses on formulating new policies or revising existing regulations through a more integrated approach in collaboration with platforms such as TikTok, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), and X (Twitter) to develop joint protocols for dealing with hate speech, to regulate governance and standardize content on social media with the aim of creating a clearer and more adaptive legal framework for technological developments and effective supervision of the abuse of freedom of expression, which includes stricter law enforcement against violations of norms and hate speech, taking into account the principles of a democratic state. Thus, it is hoped that every citizen’s freedom of expression through digital aspirations can be guaranteed without harming the rights of others, with freedom that is ethical and law-abiding, subject to established laws and regulations.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Brillian Hadi Wahyu Pratama
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/28
TI  - Hate Speech in Digital Democracy Against Technology and Social Media Dynamics
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Democracy and National Resilience 2025 (ICDNR 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 13
EP  - 30
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-529-4_3
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