Kominfo Invites Papuans to Fight Hoaxes on Social Media

The Ministry of Communication and Information invites the people of Papua to fight false information or hoaxes that are a real threat in the midst of the development of information technology on Cenderawasih Earth. The Coordinator of Information and Communication on Law and Human Rights, Kominfo, Filmon Leonard Warouw, said that the hoaxes spread could provide misleading information and could lead to national disintegration. "Therefore, the government invites the public to fight hoaxes," Filmon said as quoted by Antara, Thursday (1/9/2022).

According to Filmon, the spread of hoaxes currently seems to have a toll road along with the rapid development of information technology. This is because people are increasingly connected to the virtual world. "Thus the existence of hoaxes becomes a serious threat in addition to cyber security, personal data, and negative content," he said.

He explained that the government needs the participation of the community and the community to jointly fight hoaxes. "The government through the Ministry of Communication and Information has never stopped fighting hoaxes, where the government has handled 1.6 million content that violates regulations on various sites," added Filmon.

Meanwhile, the Head of Information and Public Communication of the Jayapura Information and Encryption Communication Service, Sri Wijayanti said, the people of Jayapura, Papua have a high level of awareness in sorting information from social media. As an example, some time before, the chain of information that emerged mentioned that there was a recruitment of civil servants in Jayapura.

According to Sri, the steps taken by the community to check with competent parties, to ensure the truth of the information they receive. The widespread circulation of hoaxes makes us have to be even more careful in examining the information received. "People's awareness to always check and recheck is very important in preventing hoaxes and this has been done by the people of Jayapura," he said.

SOURCE: https://time.online/2022/09/02/10388/