The functional position of a lecturer as a professor is the highest level of position in the academic world. Achieving this title is certainly not easy, especially for a lecturer who is also an active prosecutor who is busy carrying out his duties to the state. Prof. Dr. Reda Manthovani, SH., LLM. proves that achieving the title of professor in the midst of his busy life as a prosecutor and lecturer is not impossible.
Prof. went through a career as a lecturer. Since 2011, he has gone through step by step, starting from the functional position of Lecturer as Lector, to the Lecturer/educator certification that Prof. Subside. Teaching, research and community service activities have been carried out by Prof. Reda in order to carry out his obligations as a lecturer, at the peak of which Prof. Reda was successfully appointed as Professor of Law at Pancasila University.
Throughout its journey, Pancasila University has always produced scientists who make scientific contributions to the Indonesian state. The last three years (2021 to 2023) Pancasila University has appointed 14 professors from various sciences, and starting 2024 with great pride, Pancasila University has appointed Prof. Reda Manthovani, SH., LLM Professor of Criminal Law, of course the addition of this Professor will provide strength for the development of science in Indonesia, especially at Pancasila University.
Prof. Dr. Reda Manthovani, SH., LLM. will deliver his inaugural scientific oration on Thursday, January 25 2023, at the Multipurpose Building, Pancasila University, Jakarta. The theme of the oration that will be delivered at his inauguration is "THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIGITAL LITERACY WITH THE PREVENTION OF "HOAX" CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH CRIMES (HATE SPEECH) IN THE POLITICAL YEAR 2024”
In his oration, Prof. Reda will discuss overcoming and preventing "Hoax" Crimes and Hate Speech Crimes (Hate Speech) in the 2024 Political Year, in order to facilitate the handling and prevention of these two crimes, Prof. Reda explained the factors behind hoax crimes and hate speech in the 2024 political year, including internal factors (low digital literacy) and external factors (economic factors and environmental factors).
Efforts to take action through criminal law are not enough to overcome crimes of hate speech and hoaxes in the political year 2024, therefore prevention efforts are needed by law enforcement and related agencies by increasing public knowledge to identify hoax news and hate speech on social media through digital literacy, effectively digital literacy in society will create a critical digital environment in responding to issues that lead to false news and hate speech.
The involvement of the community is the key to effective crime prevention, law enforcers can involve the community to prevent hoaxes and hate speech, Community participation in efforts to prevent hoax crimes and hate speech is the involvement of the community in identifying problems, solving problems and using informal social control which illustrates that community feelings occur so that consensus can emerge about what is desired and how to make it happen.
Crime is considered to be a consequence of the inability of communities to properly integrate their individual members and primary institutions. Participation does not grow by itself, in general participation describes a process of cooperation between two or more people, therefore if Indonesian society has good digital literacy then the prevention of hoax crimes and hate speech will be much reduced in the political year 2024.
There are two conclusions in his scientific oration, firstly digital literacy has an influence on efforts to prevent and overcome hoaxes and hate speech in the 2024 political year, digital literacy is one of the non-penal efforts in the context of overcoming hoax crimes and hate speech via digital, steps to take What can be done is by optimizing the role of the government through the Ministry of Communication and Information, the Police of the Republic of Indonesia and the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia by involving digital community groups to promote increasing digital literacy among Indonesian society. Digital literacy places emphasis on individual critical abilities in using Digital media, in this case also including social media, is based on information processing and involves technological, cognitive and social competencies.
Second, the ratification of Law no. 1 2004 Second Amendment to Law Number I1 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions reaffirms the government's obligation to prevent the dissemination and use of Electronic Information and/or Electronic Documents which contain prohibited content in accordance with the provisions of statutory regulations, as regulated in 40 paragraph (2).
Prof. Dr. Reda Manthovani, SH., LLM. born in Medan, 20 June 1969. He is the son of Mr. Syafren Manthovani (late) and Mrs. Suryati Manthovani (late).
Prof. Reda is a very proud alumnus of Pancasila University, he is an alumnus of Pancasila University who first held a strategic position as Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (JAMINTEL) at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, then he was listed as the second professor at Pancasila University who is an alumnus of the University's Faculty of Law. Pancasila.
At Pancasila University, Prof. Reda teaches comparative criminal law, international and transnational criminal law courses. Currently, he is trusted as Chair of the FHUP Prosecutor's Study Center. Prof. Reda earned a Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Law, Pancasila University. Then, he continued his master's studies at AIX Maresille, France and earned his doctoral degree at the University of Indonesia.
Based on the Decree of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2957/E4/KP/2023 concerning promotions to lecturer academic positions, Dr. Reda Manthovani, SH., LLM has become a Professor in the field of law/criminal law with a credit score of 922. This appointment starts from December 1, 2023. With this decision, he officially becomes a Professor of Law/Criminal Law.
