Legal Review of the Criminal Act of Disseminating Pornographic Content in Decision Number 24/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Tmt: Analisis penerapan hukum dan pertimbangan hakim dalam penyebaran konten pornografi digital

Legal Review of the Criminal Act of Disseminating Pornographic Content in Decision Number 24/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Tmt: Analisis penerapan hukum dan pertimbangan hakim dalam penyebaran konten pornografi digital

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Sofyan Yadjitala Department of Law, Institution of Pohuwato University, Pohuwato, Indonesia, Email: [email protected]

Sri Rahayu Lestari Pade Faculty of Law, Pohuwato University

Fibriyanti Karim Faculty of Law, Pohuwato University

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Publisher

PT Media Jurnal dan Pendidikan

ISSN

2986-2094

eISSN

2985-900X

Received

14 October 2026

Accepted

19 October 2026

Online

21 June 2025

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)

Pages

6-11

Article ID

570

Language

English

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Abstract

The development of information technology has driven changes in communication patterns, but at the same time has opened space for the crime of distributing pornographic content through electronic media. This article analyzes the application of the law to perpetrators of distributing pornographic content and the judge’s considerations in Decision Number 24/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Tmt. The research uses a normative-empirical legal method with a statutory approach, a case approach, and a conceptual approach. The main data come from court decisions, information obtained in thesis research, laws and regulations, and literature on criminal law, cybercrime, and pornography. The results of the study indicate that the application of Article 4 paragraph (1) letter d in conjunction with Article 29 of Law Number 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography has fulfilled the elements of a legal subject, the act of making pornography, and explicit nudity. The judge’s considerations have included legal and sociological aspects, but the severity of the punishment still needs to be critically examined because the defendant is a member of the National Police, the victim did not give consent, and the content has had a broad social impact. This article emphasizes the importance of proportional law enforcement, oriented toward victim protection and sensitive to the nature of the distribution of pornographic content in the digital space.

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Yadjitala, S., Pade, S. R. L., & Karim, F. (2025). Legal Review of the Criminal Act of Disseminating Pornographic Content in Decision Number 24/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Tmt: Analisis penerapan hukum dan pertimbangan hakim dalam penyebaran konten pornografi digital. Journal Law and Justice, 3(1), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.59211/j.lawjustice.v3i1.570

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