Revenge porn cases have become a very important issue in cybercrime, especially in today’s digital era. This phenomenon not only negatively impacts victims psychologically and socially but also poses challenges in law enforcement, particularly regarding the application of additional penalties. This study analyzes the imposition of additional penalties in revenge porn cases in Indonesia, focusing on Court Decision Number 71/Pid.Sus/2023/PN Pdl. Using a normative case study approach, this research examines how additional penalties are regulated in Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (UU ITE) and Law Number 12 of 2022 on Sexual Violence Crimes (UU TPKS), and how these are implemented in the court decision. The results show that the judge’s ruling in this case has considered additional penalties, such as the confiscation of profits obtained from the criminal act or the public announcement of the court decision, as efforts to provide deterrent effects and to restore the victim’s losses. However, the study also identifies that there are still challenges in optimizing the application of additional penalties, especially related to the identification of material gains by the perpetrator and the effective implementation of non-financial sanctions. Therefore, there is a need to strengthen regulations and provide more comprehensive implementation guidelines to ensure that additional penalties can function optimally in combating revenge porn crimes and delivering justice for victims.
Hariawan et al. (Thu,) studied this question.