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Overcome Hoax Wisely

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T-shirts warning against hoaxes and false news are worn by Jakarta Police officers at a declaration against hoaxes at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Monday (12/3/2019). At the event, the police vowed to protect the public against false news, which some say could break national unity.

In an article published in this daily, Trisno S. Sutanto, a researcher and activist at the Paritas Institute, Jakarta, referred to a statement by Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), the Minister of Propaganda under Adolf Hitler (Nazi Germany): “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will eventually come to believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” (Kompas, March 27, 2019).

Goebbels’ statement, made more than 70 years ago, seems relevant today, with all the widespread hoaxes in people’s lives. Hoaks (hoax), which the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI, 2017) defines as “fake news”, are spreading not only in Indonesia, but also in many countries. Fake news has not only deceived the public, but has also destabilized governments and divided the people in several countries. The citizens of the world are angry about hoaxes.

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