News Of Hoaxes With Potential Social Media Floods During The 2024 General Election, The National Police Implemented A Cyber Patrol Team At 34 Regional Police

Illustration - Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo attended a coordination meeting regarding the prevention of hoaxes ahead of the 2024 General Election at the Press Council, Jakarta, Tuesday (10/1/2023). ANTARA/HO-Division of Public Relations of the Police

The National Police deployed a cyber patrol team at the Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) of the Criminal Investigation Unit and the Head of Sub-Directorate of Cyber Crime in 34 Polda to prevent the spread of fake news or hoaxes related to the 2024 General Election. "We in cyber patrols carried out routinely by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the National Police and colleagues of the Head of Cyber Sub-Directorate at 34 Polda have carried out cyber patrols and one of them is focusing on the 2024 election," said Director of Cyber Crime (Dirtipidsiber) Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Adi Vivid A Bachtiar, in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, January 20. According to Vivid, the spread of hoaxes related to elections has the potential to occur. In accordance with the election vulnerability index that has been issued by the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu). There are four forms of vulnerability, one of which is the rise of hoax news activities. The spread of hoaxes on social media has the potential to occur, because it is known that the campaign schedule for election contestants is made short, so candidates and presidential candidates will use digital space to campaign. "Therefore, we have made efforts from the start there has been a special task force for the form of news about elections," said Vivid. In addition, the National Police also coordinates with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) and relevant stakeholders involved in cyber to discuss preventing hoaxes for the 2024 General Election so that it does not happen again, such as the 2019 General Election. "Then, we have started to take steps how we are from now on so that past experiences, very many hoax news and finally polarization of Indonesian society is divided into two," said Vivid.