Legal Analysis of Adultery in Marriage: A Study of Legal Sanctions and Consequences for Adulterers and Adulteresses (Study on TikTok Social Media)

Abstract

The rapid development of technology around the world, including in Indonesia, has brought so many benefits that can be felt by society. The ease of obtaining gadgets at affordable prices as well as the increasingly cheap and accessible internet package prices, along with the numerous internet service providers in Indonesia. Not only in big cities, the internet has reached far info remote villages. As a result, all layers of society can experience how easy it is to find the information they want. In addition, with many affordable gadgets and easily accessible internet networks, there are very broad business opportunities for those who have expertise in creating applications. According to dataloka.id. Tiktok is one of the most popular applications in Indonesia with 194,37 million users in 2025. However, the acceleration of this technology does not only come with positive aspects, but it can also become negative if it is not accompanied by sufficient knowledge to handle it. The high rate of criminal acts that originate from social media is often reported across various media. One of these is infidelity, which can escalate into adultery and subsequently contribute to the hight divorce rates in Indonesia. Infidelity leading to adultery is regulated under legislation, including national law, customary law, and the compilation of Islamic law, but apparently, this is not enough to in still a sense of fear or deterrence in the perpetrators. Often, such actions are carried out by those who have previously experienced them.