Juridical Analysis of Social Crowdfunding as the Community Social Fund Collection for the Purchase of Shopping Food in Handling Covid-19 through Digital Financial Technology

Abstract

Social fundraising, known also as social crowdfunding, in Indonesia and other countries (United Kingdom) uses digital financial technology to purchase basic foods to handle Covid-19 . The limited government funds in overcoming the crisis have raised philanthropists or sympathizers who want to help ease the burden affected by the PSBB. Digital financial technology is one of the media used, making it easier for people to collect quickly and efficiently. The purpose of this research is to analyze the use of digital financial technology and the juridical constraints of legal protection for parties in collecting public social funds for the purchase of necessities in the handling of Covid-19 (social crowdfunding).