Cyber Crimes on Influencer Victims of Online Gambling Marketing

Abstract

The massiveness of cybercrime on influencers who are victims of online gambling marketing underlies this research by raising the first research focus, how the practice of cybercrime cutting influencer videos for online gambling promotion, second, what legal protection is obtained for influencers who are victims of cybercrime cases. The method in this library-type research uses a statutory approach which aims to examine the rules of law and regulations that have a relationship with the issue being studied. Secondary data sources consist of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials that are closely related to the object of research. The results of the study show that the practice of cybercrime on influencer victims of online gambling marketing begins when the perpetrator takes a video from an influencer and then cuts and edits it according to what is needed for online gambling promotion videos, so that it looks as if the influencer is promoting, then after the perpetrator succeeds in taking and connecting the influencer's video,  the perpetrator posts the promotional video on the social media platform through a fake account or fake account. The perpetrators also utilize photos of influencers to carry out their criminal acts, the edited photos include online gambling frills along with links to the gambling website. Protection of Influencer victims of online gambling marketing begins at the preventive legal protection stage in the form of providing socialization about the rules and use of social media to be wiser and more careful. Repressive legal protection in the form of enforcement related to the victims' reports to the authorities is then followed up with existing regulations including the Consumer Protection Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE), so that people feel safe and protected in carrying out activities in cyberspace