Gov't: Hoaxes Rocketing ahead of Presidential Election
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9 March 2019 20:59 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Solo - Communication and Informatics Minister Rudiantara stated the fake news or hoax productions keep increasing since mid last year. Some of the hoaxes are related to politics.
"We're currently conducting sweeping," the minister said when met at Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Solo, Saturday, March 9. His ministry must work hard to handle the fake news that keeps showing up.
According to Rudiantara, the government also conducting verification and validation besides sweeping. They have to carefully compare the data with the facts.
The communication ministry, he said, has managed to verify and validate 25 hoaxes in August last year, 27 hoaxes September, 53 fake news in Oktober, 63 hoaxes in November, and 75 fake news in December.
In January this year, the number jumped to 175 hoaxes and it multiplied to 353 hoaxes in February.
Totally, as many as 771 hoaxes were managed to be verified and validated from August 2018 until February 2019. "Of the number, 181 are related to politics," Rudiantara said.
The minister asked the public to be involved in fighting against the fakes news or hoax. "The easiest way is by not spreading [the hoaxes]," he said, suggesting that it better be deleted soon.
Ahmad Rafiq (Contributor)