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The phenomenon of code-switching and code-mixing among university students has become increasingly prevalent alongside the rapid growth of social media. This article aims to analyze the challenges and implications of mixed language practices in students’ digital interactions, while reflecting on their significance for the development of the Indonesian language in the global era. The study applies a literature-based analytical approach, using thematic synthesis to identify patterns, motivations, and functions of code-switching across various social media platforms. Findings show that students’ code-switching practices vary depending on the digital ecology of each platform. On Instagram, code-mixing often reflects prestige and modern identity construction. Twitter or X emphasizes communicative efficiency and community solidarity, while TikTok highlights creativity, humor, and stance-taking. The main driving factors include identity expression, practicality, prestige, and online community norms. At a global level, this phenomenon resonates with the trend of digital translanguaging, which broadens the linguistic repertoire of young generations. The study concludes that code-switching in digital spaces presents a dual implication: a potential erosion of Indonesian language norms on one hand, and an opportunity for multilingual enrichment on the other. Therefore, adaptive language policies and digital-linguistic literacy strategies are necessary to safeguard the Indonesian language while embracing creative multilingual practices among students.

Code-switching and code mixing can not only be found in direct speech but also in social media such as videos on the YouTube platform, one of which can be found on the Lula Studio YouTube video channel entitled "Ruler of the World". The purpose of this research is to discuss the form of code switching and the form of code mixing. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques using listening and note-taking techniques. There are 36 pieces of code-switching and code-mixing data in this study, which are in the form of internal and external code-switching. While in the form of code mix, data was found in the form of word insertion iner code mix, phrase insertion iner code mix, and clause insertion iner code mix. For outer code mix, namely outer code mix of word inserts and phrase inserts.

This article presents the results of an analysis of the alleged defamation case of Marissa Icha by Medina Zein. As a form of forensic linguistics study, the data in this research was analyzed descriptively-analytically using semantic and pragmatic approaches. This research found that 1) semantically, the defendants indicated that they intended to commit acts of insult and/or defamation. 2) pragmatically, the majority of these utterances fell into the form of expressive illocutions, especially to show anger or simply the personal opinion of the defendant, and thus, 3) these speeches can be said to have the potential to violate article 27 paragraph (3) of the ITE Law and articles 310 and 311 of the Criminal Code