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Cyber Media Guidelines

Freedom of opinion, expression, and the press is a human right protected by the 1945 Constitution. Cyber media are part of that freedom, so running them must rest on responsibility, professionalism, and compliance with Law No. 40 of 1999 on the Press and the Journalistic Code of Ethics.

Puravida drew up these guidelines with reference to the Cyber Media Reporting Guidelines issued by Indonesia's Press Council (Dewan Pers), and applies them in managing all content on this site.

1. Scope

  • Cyber media means any form of media that uses the internet and carries out journalistic activities in accordance with the Press Law and the standards set by the Press Council.
  • User-generated content means any content created and published by users of a cyber media outlet, including articles, images, comments, audio, video, and other uploads attached to the outlet.

2. Verification and Balance in News

  • In principle, every news report goes through verification.
  • A report that could harm another party requires verification so that it is fair and balanced.
  • Exceptions apply only when the report concerns an urgent public interest, the primary source is clearly identified, credible, and competent, the subject of the report cannot be located or interviewed, and the outlet tells readers that the report still needs further verification.
  • Once a report under such an exception is published, the newsroom must continue verifying and publish the result, linked to the unverified report.

3. User-Generated Content

If Puravida opens a space for user-generated content, such as a comments section, the following provisions apply:

  • Users must agree to terms and conditions that prohibit false, defamatory, sadistic, and obscene content; content that expresses prejudice and hatred related to ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations or advocates violence; and content that discriminates on the basis of gender or language, or that demeans the dignity of people who are weak, poor, ill, mentally disabled, or physically disabled.
  • The newsroom has the authority to edit or delete user-generated content that conflicts with those provisions.
  • The newsroom provides a complaint mechanism for violating user-generated content and follows up within 2 x 24 hours (48 hours) of receiving a complaint at the latest.

4. Errata, Corrections, and Right of Reply

  • Errata, corrections, and the right of reply follow the Press Law, the Journalistic Code of Ethics, and the Right of Reply Guidelines issued by the Press Council.
  • Errata, corrections, and/or replies are linked to the report that was corrected or answered, with a note of when they were published.
  • If a report is circulated by another cyber media outlet, responsibility for it stays with the outlet that produced it, while the outlet that circulates it must also publish the erratum, correction, or right of reply.
  • A cyber media outlet that does not honor the right of reply may be sanctioned under the Press Law.

5. Retraction of Reports

  • A published report cannot be retracted for reasons of censorship from outside the newsroom, except where it involves ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup relations, decency, the future of a child, a victim's traumatic experience, or other special considerations set by the Press Council.
  • Other cyber media outlets must follow the retraction of quotations from the original outlet's report once it has been retracted.
  • Every retraction comes with a reason that is announced to the public.

6. Advertising

  • Cyber media must clearly distinguish between news products and advertisements.
  • Any news report, article, or content that is an advertisement and/or paid content must be labeled "advertorial," "advertisement," "ads," "sponsored," or another word that makes clear the content is an advertisement.

Puravida respects copyright as regulated by applicable laws and regulations.

8. Publication of the Guidelines

These guidelines are published openly on the Puravida site so that users can read them easily.

9. Disputes

Final judgment on disputes over the implementation of these guidelines is made by the Press Council.