Kebijakan Hukum Pidana terhadap Perlindungan Pengguna Media Sosialdari Pelaku Doxing sebagai Upaya Perlindungan Hak Privasi Individu

Abstract

Doxing is one of the emerging forms of cybercrime that violates individual privacy rights on social media platforms. Protection of privacy rights has become increasingly urgent, given that doxing has yet to be explicitly regulated under Indonesian law. This study seeks to answer the following questions: (1) How is criminal legal protection afforded to individual privacy rights against doxing practices in Indonesia?; (2) What obstacles are faced by social media users in obtaining legal protection from doxing perpetrators as part of their individual privacy rights?; and (3) What measures can be taken by social media users to obtain legal protection against violations of individual privacy rights under national regulations?. This research adopts a normative legal method, relying on a literature-based approach. The findings reveal that: (1) criminal legal protection of individual privacy rights against daring on social media is generally comered by several legal instruments, although the offense is not yet explicitly defined; (2) social media users encounter legal uncertainty due to regulatory gaps, which impedes their ability to obtain criminal legal protection; and (3) legal protection can be enhanced through the development of specific regulations on doxing and public education efforts to foster respect for privacy rights in the digital sphere.