Cannot Be Cheated And Fooled In A Digital Platform

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Bakti Kominfo held a seminar entitled 'Don't be fooled and cheated on digital platforms', on Thursday 18 May. This seminar was attended by various groups from the public to influencer figures, totaling approximately 200 participants.

The targets and targets of participants from this seminar are digital platform users, especially social media. Where lack of caution causes many cases such as fraud that takes many victims.

This seminar was opened with a dance and sang the national anthem Indonesia Raya performed by delivering materials from the speakers.

The first resource person is Seli A, an influencer. Seli shared her experience regarding the fraud case she had experienced.

He said that one of the things that makes it easier for fraud cases to occur on social media is the lack of awareness and care of each individual. The spread of fraudulent modes on social media such as the spread of fake links which when clicked will bring up all personal information and data. Therefore, it is necessary to have a cross-check first and carefully in social media.

The second resource person is Dr. Devie Rahmawati. He said that the need to be careful about potential digital fraud. Many modes are carried out by the perpetrators so that the perpetrators can hack the victim's accounts and get all the information. He also gave tips to avoid and prevent fraud cases.

The third resource person, Dian, is a digital creator. He revealed that the most important thing in dealing with fraud cases is to limit oneself to social media. Because when a lot of people open on social media by telling stories about our daily lives, it will make it easier for criminals to find loopholes to find personal information.

The fourth resource person is Rizki Sadiq as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives. He provides motivation for users of digital platforms.

"We can't control other people in action, but we can control ourselves by not adding ourselves to fraud, intention in using social media to increase capacity and take advantage of technological convenience," he said.

He also said that our social media users are required to be wise in dealing with things that happen on social media.