Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization on the Internet (Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders in Countering Cyber Terrorism)

¹ Department of Criminal Law,Faculty of Law, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto - Indonesia
² Department of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto - Indonesia
³ Faculty of Law, Universitas Pekalongan, Pekalongan - Indonesia
⁴ Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto – Indonesia
⁵ Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: agus.raharjo@unsoed.ac.id

Abstract

This article discusses how terrorists/terrorist organizations use the internet to carry out their actions; the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in countering cyberterrorism. This research is qualitative research with a normative juridical approach and research on law as law in action, a non-doctrinal and empirical social science study. The threat from terrorists/terrorist organizations is not only to the physical infrastructure of the internet itself, but also to the spread of radical ideas on social media. Radicalism is the root of terrorism that is now widespread on the internet. These acts of terrorism threaten the achievement of the SDGs, especially in areas 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 16. Efforts to counter these actions within the framework of the national counter-terrorism policy are through counter-radicalization. The sophistication of terrorists/terrorist organizations in utilizing the internet requires an equally sophisticated response in combating and countering cyberterrorism, combating them requires simultaneous integration of stakeholders in this field, namely law enforcement, academia, businesses (private security industry), society/community, media and internet users.