ANALYSIS OF HATE SPEECH PERPETRATORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Social media not only has a positive impact but also provides an opportunity for someone to commit a crime, one of which is hate speech which can be detrimental to the perpetrators themselves, society, and the country itself. However, there are still people who are unfamiliar with regulations prohibiting hate speech on social media which can violate the rule of law and cause anxiety to other members of society, so analysis is needed to identify the factors that caused this crime. The purpose of this study is to find out what factors cause someone to hate speech on social media. The research method used is library research, with a causal approach and a juridical approach—research materials consisting of primary, secondary, and tertiary materials. The processed data were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively, namely describing the data in a quality manner in the form of sentences that are orderly, logical, and effective. The research results obtained are factors that cause a person to make hate speech on social media, consisting of internal factors or factors from within the individual; and external factors. Among the many factors that cause someone to make hate speech on social media, it is the factor within the individual that is often the main cause of someone to make hate speech on social media.