The Urgency of Applying the Information and Electronic Technology Law in the Case of the Spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic Hoax in Indonesia

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10.2991/978-94-6463-206-4_3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

UU ITE; Hoax; Information and Communication Technology; Era of Digitalization

Abstract

The industrial revolution 4.0 has an impact on legal, governance, and social justice events. The era of digitalization 4.0 has caused changes in most sectors of human life, especially the economic and technology sectors. The Data and Electronic Transaction Law, abbreviated as the ITE Law, must be able to protect various legal interests to maintain freedom of expression, and opinion orally and in writing. In addition, it is related to the legal interest to maintain freedom of communication and obtaining information as a constitutional right of citizens. Data and communication technology incidents require the government to make the ITE Law and implement the law. This article discusses a lot of hoaxes, hatespeech, and cyberbullying information that is spread by individuals through Social Media and Instant Messaging which tends to smell SARA, provocative and bombastic. The irony is that there are not a few people who, without thinking twice, immediately share the information and even reproduce the information without thinking about the impact afterward. The ITE Law must be ready to present enthusiasm to keep Indonesia’s digital space clean, healthy, ethical, and productive. Hoax news complicates the situation and can cause chaos in society. Therefore it is important for law enforcers to prevent, minimize, and re-conducive and be supported by a set of enforcement and accountability rules for the perpetrators of spreading Hoax News that caused chaos during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Florisya Luqyana Rencan
AU  - M. Herzegovin Laxamana
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/21
TI  - The Urgency of Applying the Information and Electronic Technology Law in the Case of the Spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic Hoax in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the Youth International Conference for Global Health 2022 (YICGH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 10
EP  - 19
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-206-4_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-206-4_3
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