Not a few netizens have criticized the steps of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) in commenting on the uploaded photo of actress Tara Basro on social media. Moreover, Kominfo said that the actress was playing on Bad Land Woman that, has violated Article 27 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law on pornographic content.
Kominfo assesses Tara’s upload contains pornographic elements, even though a beautiful actress plays a role in the film Gundala it had covered her breasts and genitals. As a result, the photo upload campaigning for ‘Try to believe in yourself’ has been deleted.
“I say that it fulfills the category of immoral violations. Violating Article 1 of the ITE Law,” said the Acting Head of Public Relations of the Ministry of Communication and Information, Ferdinandus Setu while commenting on Tara Basro’s photo.
In fact, through uploading this photo, Tara wants to campaign Body Positive, where she invites the public to appreciate all forms and appearance of women’s bodies outside the beauty myths that are being glorified today. For her, the proportional body and the people’s scorn about one’s body are considered very toxic, especially for women.
Seeing this, the organization defending freedom of expression (SAFEnet) views that the labeling of pornography in Tara’s uploads is an act of ignorance and context blindness, for the expression meant by Tara. SAFEnet assessed Tara’s post in order to voice body positivity or more accepting the physical state.
“This is very dangerous. Later, when a woman sees her body not in accordance with the standards of beauty in society, she is more insecure, or gets bullied. Continued with sensitive statements like that, coming from state institutions as well, apart from blocking women’s voices, it actually perpetuates the idea that the female body is a mere object, “said Ellen Kusuma, Head of SAFEnet’s DARK (Digital At-Risks) Sub Division in an official statement received VOI, Thursday 5 March.
He continued, Ellen also said that it could also have an impact that women are merely sexual objects, and are considered pornographic objects. The Communication and Informatics should have first looked at the context of the photo posted by Tara Basro, not only seen from the picture without knowing the purpose and purpose behind it.
Ellen also revealed that the incorrect and misleading labeling of Tara Basro’s upload actually invited netizens to find out which photo was meant. On the other hand, Ellen also criticized that Article 27 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law has gender bias.
“Previously, the rubber article 27 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law was also used to pressure Youtuber Kimi Hime because the content was considered vulgar, so Kimi Hime had to delete the content. “It is always women’s bodies that are regulated or women who are more negatively affected when it comes to issues of decency or pornography,” he added.
SAFEnet Criticize @kemkominfo On the Labeling of Pornography on Posts of Body Positivity @TaraBasroAgain and again. Rubber article 27 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law this time appears to block women’s freedom of expression. Read more at https://t.co/LPft6StfgD pic.twitter.com/1bpBaakC3d
– SAFEnet (@safenetvoice) March 5, 2020
For information, Article 27 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law reads, Everyone knowingly and without right distributes and / or transmits and / or makes Electronic Information and / or Electronic Documents accessible with contents that violate decency.
On the other hand, the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) revealed that Tara Basro’s photo posting was not an act of corruption or violation of decency, but a legitimate expression of a woman and supported a positive view of a person’s diversity, including women who should be supported.
Kominfo’s statement, which was not preceded by in-depth study, actually presented a climate of fear in opinions and expression on social and real media. Kominfo should have known this limitation before labeling something.
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