LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE SPREADERS OF HOAXES, IS IT EFFICIENT? A hoax is a term that describes anything that is not real. Hoax is not a new thing that happened in Indonesia. Nowadays, there’s a lot of people who like to spread around about news that is not real with aim to decrease someone name. Technology is one of the media to help the spreaders of hoaxes to spread the fake news. Most of people who wants to spread the fake news, they will use social media to help them to reach their aim. For the example we can see in Basuki Tjaja Purnama’s cases, there’s a news and picture that spread around the society so fast with headline “Ahok drunk an alcohol with Jendral Tito Karnavian” made by Beranda Tolak Jokowi & Ahok in Facebook. There’s a lot of people that trust this issue eventhough the fact that the drink that being drunk by Ahok and Jendral Tito it’s not an alcohol but mineral water (Equil). With this kind of problem, people think law can solve this problem but we are also wondering if is law efficient enough to solve this problem. According to this problem, there’s two things that might be can solve this problem. Proverb says “To against the criminal we can use two different ways, the harsh one or the the delicate one”. Same like this problem, when the government want to push the number of the spreaders of hoaxes, they have to choose which way that going to be the best way. Actually, the Government does not have to choose a way which must be applied between the two options because the Government can also run both ways simultaneously. This two ways is a step that could be a way out to suppress the number of hoaxes. When someone spreaded hoaxes, surely there are some of the reasons underlying them whether it's a hatred or simply as political reasons. The first way that can be done is by means of socialization. Socialization is a way that can be said to be a delicate way to reduce or suppress the number of hoaxes that spread news. Socializing can be done by explaining why news of the hoax should not be propagated as well as provide related notions of how great this hoax news likely to harm other people. Actually this way is a way that is considered ineffective because this way actually ever been applied in some cases besides the hoax to reduce the number of perpetrators. But actually this way can be successful if what is actually carried to the target. Socialization can also be done by spreading the word. When news spread hoax especially news related to public figures, then it should be for parties related directly to confirm and justify the existing news so that the public can find out the truth as quickly.
The second way is the way that qualify the harsh way which is punishment for those who have been spreading the word hoax. The penalty for actual hoax spreader is already regulated in article 28 paragraph 1 of the Act ITE which says that "any person who deliberately and without rights or spread the word lying and misleading, threats could be exposed to a maximum of six years and a criminal fine of maximum Rp 1 billion." This way is the right way to apply for the perpetrator of the hoax, but news spreaders on the implementation, there are still many perpetrators of hoax spreader is not penalized when they spread the news of this hoax. This kind of thing back again depending on existing law enforcement, it's supposed to be things like this be handled rapidly and firmly so that these laws can be upright in accordance with provisions that achieve the objectives that it had been expected. The police force of the Republic of Indonesia reacts to the rampant spread of issues or hoax news through social media. News of the hoax was appraised often unsettling society, but many who distribute it. Bureau Chief of Information Society headquarters of the State police of the Republic of Indonesia Commissioner Rikwanto said that the existence of this punishment is believed to be pressing the number of the hoax spreader is considered too large. And also with this is a punishment and to scare the people to not do this sort of thing again. The advantages of this socialization, the public can find out more about things that are related to the hoax as well as get material supply related ignoble deeds they do. Related penalty, advantage is able to give effect to its deterrent abusers spreaders hoax that existed in Indonesia. As for its shortcomings, both of these are considered less effective due to the large number of hoax spreader too which is a real or virtual world. So to implement both of these things, it takes hard work and a huge cost. But again, any regulations or existing solutions related to dealing with a number of criminal law enforcement is required which is really responsible for it. Both ways above can really function if law enforcers or the Government really implement it with the actual intent and purpose