Press Council Regulation
CYBER MEDIA REPORTING GUIDELINES
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 is also part of freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press.
Cyber media has a special character so that it requires guidelines so that its management can be carried out professionally, fulfilling its functions, rights, and obligations in accordance with Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics. For this reason, the Press Council together with press organizations, cyber media managers, and the community have prepared the Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines as follows:
Scope
Cyber Media is any form of media that uses the internet as a medium and carries out journalistic activities, and meets the requirements of the Press Law and the Press Company Standards set by the Press Council.
User Generated Content 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.
News verification and balance
In principle, every news must go through verification.
News that can harm other parties requires verification on the same news to meet the principles of accuracy and balance.
The provisions in point (a) above are exempted, provided that:
– The news truly contains urgent public interest;
– The first source of the news is a source whose identity is clearly stated, credible and competent;
– The subject of the news whose whereabouts must be confirmed is unknown and/or cannot be interviewed;
The media provides an explanation to the reader that the news still requires further verification which will be attempted as soon as possible. The explanation is included at the end of the same news, in brackets and using italics.
After publishing news in accordance with point (c), the media is obliged to continue verification efforts, and after verification is obtained, the verification results are included in the updated news with a link to the unverified news.
User Generated Content
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, which are placed clearly and visibly.
Cyber media requires every user to register for membership and log-in first to be able to publish all forms of User-Generated Content. Provisions regarding log-in will be regulated further.
In the registration, cyber media requires users to give written consent that the User-Generated Content published:
– Does not contain lies, slander, sadism and obscenity;
– Does not contain content that contains prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race, and inter-group (SARA), and encourages acts of violence;
– Does not contain discriminatory content based on differences in gender and language, and does not degrade the dignity of the weak, poor, sick, mentally disabled, or physically disabled.
Cyber media has absolute authority to edit or delete User Generated Content that conflicts with point (c).
Cyber media must provide a complaint mechanism for User-Generated Content that is deemed to violate the provisions in point (c). The mechanism must be provided in a place that is easily accessible to users.
Cyber media must edit, delete, and take corrective action for any reported User-Generated Content that violates the provisions in point (c), as soon as possible in a proportional manner, no later than 2 x 24 hours after the complaint is received.
Cyber media that have fulfilled the provisions in points (a), (b), (c), and (f) are not burdened with responsibility for problems caused by the publication of content that violates the provisions in point (c).
Cyber media are responsible for reported User-Generated Content if they do not take corrective action after the time limit as stated in point (f).
4. Ralat, Koreksi, dan Hak Jawab
Ralat, koreksi, dan hak jawab mengacu pada Undang-Undang Pers, Kode Etik Jurnalistik, dan Pedoman Hak Jawab yang ditetapkan Dewan Pers.
Ralat, koreksi dan atau hak jawab wajib ditautkan pada berita yang diralat, dikoreksi atau yang diberi hak jawab.
Di setiap berita ralat, koreksi, dan hak jawab wajib dicantumkan waktu pemuatan ralat, koreksi, dan atau hak jawab tersebut.
Bila suatu berita media siber tertentu disebarluaskan media siber lain, maka:
– Tanggung jawab media siber pembuat berita terbatas pada berita yang dipublikasikan di media siber tersebut atau media siber yang berada di bawah otoritas teknisnya;
– Koreksi berita yang dilakukan oleh sebuah media siber, juga harus dilakukan oleh media siber lain yang mengutip berita dari media siber yang dikoreksi itu;
– Media yang menyebarluaskan berita dari sebuah media siber dan tidak melakukan koreksi atas berita sesuai yang dilakukan oleh media siber pemilik dan atau pembuat berita tersebut, bertanggung jawab penuh atas semua akibat hukum dari berita yang tidak dikoreksinya itu.
– Sesuai dengan Undang-Undang Pers, media siber yang tidak melayani hak jawab dapat dijatuhi sanksi hukum pidana denda paling banyak Rp500.000.000 (Lima ratus juta rupiah).
5. Pencabutan Berita
Berita yang sudah dipublikasikan tidak dapat dicabut karena alasan penyensoran dari pihak luar redaksi, kecuali terkait masalah SARA, kesusilaan, masa depan anak, pengalaman traumatik korban atau berdasarkan pertimbangan khusus lain yang ditetapkan Dewan Pers.
Media siber lain wajib mengikuti pencabutan kutipan berita dari media asal yang telah dicabut.
Pencabutan berita wajib disertai dengan alasan pencabutan dan diumumkan kepada publik.
6. Iklan
Media siber wajib membedakan dengan tegas antara produk berita dan iklan.
Setiap berita/artikel/isi yang merupakan iklan dan atau isi berbayar wajib mencantumkan keterangan .advertorial., .iklan., .ads., .sponsored., atau kata lain yang menjelaskan bahwa berita/artikel/isi tersebut adalah iklan.
7. Hak Cipta
Media siber wajib menghormati hak cipta sebagaimana diatur dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku.
8. Pencantuman Pedoman
Media siber wajib mencantumkan Pedoman Pemberitaan Media Siber ini di medianya secara terang dan jelas.
9. Sengketa
Penilaian akhir atas sengketa mengenai pelaksanaan Pedoman Pemberitaan Media Siber ini diselesaikan oleh Dewan Pers.
Philippines, 3 Februari 2012
(Pedoman ini ditandatangani oleh Dewan Pers dan komunitas pers di Philippines, 3 Februari 2012).