NTB Police Strengthen Personnel Knowledge About Hoaks

NTB Regional Police strengthen personnel knowledge about hoaxes/Photo: Antara

MATARAM - The Head of Public Relations of the West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police, Police Commissioner Artanto, strengthened the knowledge of personnel about hoax news or information. He provided an understanding of hoaxes to personnel at the Wira Pratama Building, Mataram Police, Friday 10 June. "So with the rapid development of information technology at this time, the Police must really understand social media, both in using and responding to information and news that is spread," he said, quoted by Antara. only as a supporting function for the National Police, but also must be able to take part in providing positive information to the public. Therefore, personnel in charge of public relations must be smart in sorting out hoax news with facts. Do not let the fake news spread widely to threaten the security situation in the area. "So PR now has a dual role as an antidote to hoaxes," he said. In providing understanding to personnel, Artanto also explained about legal rules in cyberspace, in accordance with the Information and Electronic Transaction Law. "By equipping ourselves with the ITE Law, we will certainly be able to detect and play a role in preventing the spread of hoax news or information," he said. As was the case with the spread of fake news that had troubled the public through information uploaded by a resident about arrows in Mataram. In such cases, public relations must quickly take a role to reduce the situation in the community," he said.