Pertanggungjawaban Pidana terhadap Penyalahgunaan Teknologi Deepfake Sebagai Bentuk Kejahatan Digital

Abstract

The development of digital technology and artificial intelligence has led to the emergence of deepfake technology, which is capable of creating or manipulating digital content in the form of images, videos, and audio to appear authentic. The ease of using this technology has created legal problems when deepfakes is misused as a means of committing digital crimes, such as fraud, defamation, informastion manipulation, and the distribution of harmful content. This study aims to analyze the forms of deepfake technology misuse as digital crimes and examine the criminal liability of perpetrators under Indonesian criminal law. This research employs a normative juridical method using a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The results indicate that althogh there is currently no specific criminal provision regulating the misuse of deepfake technology, such acts may still give rise to criminal liability insofar as the elements of an offense regulated under existing legislation are fulfilled. Criminal liability may be imposed based in the nature of the unlawful act and ist consequences, taking into account the existence of an unlawful act, the perpetrator’s culpability, criminal capacity and the absence of justifying or excusing grounds. Therefore, the development of deepfake technology needs to be accompanied by the strengthening and reform of criminal law to provide more effective legal protection for socety against various forms of digital crime.