CIVIL LAW AND CRIMINAL LAW ASPECTS OF HOAX NEWS IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Abstract

The advancement of information technology (internet) and all
forms of benefits in it brings its own negative consequences which
are increasingly troubling the community. The abuse that occurs
in this cyber space is what is then known as cyber crime or
Information Technology and Electronic other regulators use the
term computer crime. The formulation of the problem in this study
is how the aspects of Civil Law and Criminal Law of Hoax news
Electronic Media How Efforts in Identifying the Spread of Fake /
Hoax News as a Form of Cyber Crime in Indonesia. The research
method in this writing uses Normative Juridical, the nature of this
research is prescriptive research. The results of the discussion in
this study are aspects of civil law and criminal law Electronic
Media Hoax News In Article 1372 of the Civil Code states that
civil suits regarding defamation are aimed at obtaining
compensation and restoration of honor and good name. The
measure used to determine whether a person's actions have
offended honor is very broad. The difference between the regulation
of fake news in Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law
Regulations and the regulation of fake news regulated in Law
Number 11 of 2008 and Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning
Information and Electronic Transactions is that Articles 14 and
15 do not mention what kind of fake news, while the Information
and Technology Law is more detailed in mentioning fake news in
the context of electronic transactions and speech that causes
hatred. Efforts to Identify the Spread of Hoaxes as a Form of Cyber
Crime in Indonesia The Chairperson of the Indonesian Anti-Hoax
Society, Septiaji Eko Nugroho provides 5 simple steps that can help
in identifying hoaxes and which are real news, the following
explanation Be careful with provocative titles, Look at the site
address, Check the facts, Check the authenticity of photos
Participate in anti-hoax discussion groups.
I. Introduction
The advancement of internet technology has led to new