<![CDATA[This study aims to reveal the phenomenon of assertive speech acts in hate speech containing ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup (SARA) and its legal impact based on pragmatics analysis. The study employed a qualitative method with a forensic linguistic approach. The data of the research are assertive utterances collected from the copies of court verdict. The data analysis is based on the theory of assertive speech acts and is examined in relation to the legal violations that occurred. The results showed four types of assertive speech acts in hate speech containing SARA on Indonesian social media namely accuse or slander, bragging (stating a lie), complaining, and claiming. Meanwhile, the aims of assertive speech acts are hate speech, blasphemy, incitement of hatred, insulting and humiliate the group of people base on SARA. This study demonstrates that assertive speech containing hate speech based on SARA can carry legal implications, as the perpetrator may be prosecuted under Article 28 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE). These findings contribute to the development of forensic linguistics by highlighting the relationship between language, hate speech, and the legal implications of social media interaction, such as commenting and posting statuses.]]>
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