Criminal Responsibility in Press Freedom of Cyber Media

Abstract

Press freedom constitutes freedom of conscience followed by an awareness of the importance of law supremacy enforcement which was performed by the officers of law enforcement and profession responsibility which was described in journalistic code of ethics. This research was elaborating the position of criminal responsibility in press freedom, the enforcement of criminal law in press legal system and the concept of criminal responsibility which corresponds to the principles of press freedom of cyber media.  The research  aimed at realizing the principles of responsible press freedom of cyber media. The method employed in this research was a normative research by a conceptual, historical and comparative approaches.The  result  showed that the press freedom of cyber media must be on the basis of journalistic code of ethics in order that the journalistic quality can be maintained favorably.  It was urgently needed policy reconstruction of criminal responsibility policy in press freedom of cyber media, as well as the prescription and evaluation of the applicable laws in order to avoid unethical press freedom and create a responsible press freedom of cyber media.