This research aims to determine how the law protects victims of bullying crimes through social media or directly. When a bullying criminal event occurs, the rule of law often focuses on punishing the perpetrators of crimes. he rights of victims of these crimes are often neglected, especially for persons with disabilities. Based on the results of research and discussion, the factors bullying to persons with disabilities cause family, school, peer groups, social, environmental, television and media, and personality factors. Indonesia’s criminal justice system has ignored the suffering of victims of persons with disabilities because there is no specific regulation regarding bullying but still uses the criminal code of law regarding defamation. Victims of bullying crimes are only seen as passive objects, and their rights are ignored. Law protection for victims still uses the Indonesian Criminal Code Article 310 paragraphs (1) and (2) and Law Number 19 the Year 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 the Year 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions Article 27 paragraph (3) Article 145. Then an analysis of victimology perspective that victims of bullying crimes to persons with disabilities in Indonesia, judging from the victim’s responsibility, are included in biologically weak victims, namely persons with disabilities who are victims of bullying crimes due to their weak or abnormal physical condition. Based on the findings, valuable insights for scholars and practitioners are discussed.

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