Hoax are growing along with incresing popularity of Social Media. Social media is very possible for people to spread the news or everything even if the source is not clear. Hoax generally aims to "have fun" or humor. However, hoaxes can also be used as a propaganda tool with political goals, such as doing imaging or vice versa, deteriorating the image of a person or group. Twitter is accused of being the biggest social media spreader of fake news or hoaxes, besides Facebook. The reason for the many hoaxes is because of the widespread use of fake accounts in these social media platform.We as educated people must know what hoaxes are and how they form. and also when we find or read a news, we should see the source first and then believe it. another way to prevent hoaxes is by simply doing it in three steps:
1.Copy paste (copas) information suspected of hoax, browse through the internet, then capture and then share the results of the screenshots that explain that information is hoax.
2.If the hoax is more complex in its content, then more effort is needed to find out the information, such as finding out or asking news sources, confirming to experts, and can also read related articles or journals that are trusted.
3.If you feel restless because of hoaxes, don't just stay quiet. This can start from using the Report Status feature on social media or by sending an email to aduankonten@mail.kominfo.go.id
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