POLICE EFFORTS IN COMBATING CYBERCRIME AT THE RIAU ISLANDS REGIONAL POLICE

Law

The State of Indonesia is based on the law in the 1945 Constitution article 1 paragraph (3). All citizens have the same position before the law and government and are obliged to uphold this law and government without exception. Fake news (hoax) is news, information, counterfeit or fake news, while in KBBI, it is called a hoax, which means fake news. Hoax is a harmful excess of freedom of speech and opinion on the internet: mainly social media and blogs. Meanwhile, the journalistic dictionary interprets fake news (libel) as news that is not true. It leads to defamation cases. Another term for fake news in a journalistic context is fabricated news/fake news. Reporting that is not based on reality or truth for a specific purpose. Fake news (hoaxes) can cause anxiety, hatred, and hostility; the source of information is unclear and unverified and tends to corner certain parties. The circulation of hoax news quickly occurs among people with deficient literacy levels. Usually, they readily accept information for granted without checking. They even spread it without considering the accuracy of the information they receive, and the community ends up falling into a confusion of news, provocation, and mutual suspicion. If hoaxes are allowed to continue, they will impact human character and can even interfere with mental health. In Riau Island, Cybercrime is also rife due to the lack of public and individual awareness of what is conveyed; they do not take the origin of the news to be delivered. This is due to the lack of oversight in Cybercrime, so it needs supervision in providing information. Besides that, human resources are a point that the police must pay attention to in Countering Cybercrime.

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