PENGARUH MEDIA SOSIAL TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KEJAHATAN CYBER (CYBERCRIME)

Abstract

Social media is an information technology that brings a change/shift both in the fields of culture, ethics, norms and behavior patterns regardless of age and age. Social media is a means to obtain and convey information quickly and without limits, regardless of distance and time. By using the internet, social media can reach even remote areas because it is connected via satellite. Changes produced by social media can have both positive and negative impacts. Positive impacts such as ease of obtaining and conveying information, social and economic benefits, and easy interaction with many people. Meanwhile, negative impacts such as the emergence of social groups that use religious, ethnic and behavioral labels that deviate from existing norms and social media are widely used as a medium for gambling, fraud, pornography, human trafficking and sabotage. This study aims to describe the extent to which social media is influential in increasing cybercrime in Indonesia. The review of literature review is the method used in this study. The research produced several discoveries caused by the influence of social media on the increase  in cyber crimes  both carried out by Indonesian citizens and foreign citizens including: Cyber Talking Crimes, Cyber Bullying, Phishing Scams, Hacking, Unauthorized Access, Illegal Contents, Spread of the virus. From these findings, the researcher concluded that cybercrime  is classified as a very serious crime whose impact will cause state instability, security instability and religious instability. The conclusion of this study can be done by modernizing technological devices, strengthening law enforcement against cybercrime and educating the public about the effective and efficient use of social media tools