This is in accordance with the 16 priority programs of the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo number five, namely strengthening the performance of security and security maintenance.
Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General of Police Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono, told reporters that the Virtual Police were present as part of maintaining security and social security, especially in the digital space to be clean, healthy and productive.
According to Inspector General Raden Argo, Virtual Police is also an activity of the Police to educate the public about opinions or content that are deemed to have the potential to violate criminal acts.
"Through the Virtual Police, the police provide education and notification that what is written is a criminal offense, please do not rewrite it and erase it," said Raden Argo at Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Wednesday (24/2).
This high-ranking Police officer who was born in Sleman Yogyakarta explained how this Virtual Police carries out its duties, namely warning Virtual Police to accounts deemed to be violating not subjective but through in-depth studies with experts.
The process is, when an account is found text or pictures that have the potential to violate the crime. Then the officer screened the upload for consultation by a team of experts consisting of criminal, language and ITE experts.
"If the expert states that this is a criminal offense, either an insult or so, then it is submitted to the Cyber Director or the designated official on Cyber to provide validation then a Virtual Police Alert Alert is sent personally to the account concerned officially," explained Raden Argo.
Alerts are sent via Direct Message or DM. The goal, said Argo, was that the police did not want these social media users to feel offended by the warning given by the police through the Virtual Police.
"It is hoped that the Virtual Police can reduce hoaxes or post truths in cyberspace. The community can be corrected, if they make a writing or image that can make other people displeased and to avoid reporting to each other," added Raden Argo.
On the other hand, Raden Argo dismissed the concerns of some parties with the Virtual Police narrowing people's freedom in the digital space.
"The National Police does not restrain or limit the public in their opinion, but the National Police tries to educate people if they violate a crime. Until now, there are 4 accounts that have been warned through the Virtual Police," concluded Raden Argo.
