Obstacles to Criminal Law Enforcers in Overcoming the Hoax-Spreading Crime

Faculty Of Law, Universitas Diponegoro ,Nur Azizah ‘Azmi, Pujiyono

doi:10.47191/ijsshr/v5-i3-06

Abstract

This study discusses efforts to tackle the crime of spreading hoaxes in cyberspace through criminal law and reveals the obstacles law enforcers have in tackling these crimes. The writing method used was a normative juridical approach, analytical descriptive. The results of this study are that law enforcers should be qualified, organized, structured to unite communities specializing in handling all types of cyber actions, given certain tools and facilities such as educated and skilled human workers, good organization, adequate equipment, sufficient finances for tackling cybercrime, especially the spread of false information/fake news (hoax).

Highlights

IntroductionPRELIMINARY The progress of science and technology development has made the world enters the era of the industrial revolution 4.0
One of the obstacles faced by law enforcement is the difficulty in controlling criminal acts in cybercrimes, especially in the dissemination of false information/fake news
Several laws were used as primary legal materials, namely the Criminal Code and the 1945 Constitution, Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions which was updated by Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to previous laws and Government Regulations

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Introduction

PRELIMINARY The progress of science and technology development has made the world enters the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. The regulations that have been set by the state are still not sufficient to provide a sense of justice and security from cybercrimes, IJSSHR, Volume 05 Issue 03 March 2022 www.ijsshr.in especially in the dissemination of false information/fake news (hoax). One of the obstacles faced by law enforcement is the difficulty in controlling criminal acts in cybercrimes, especially in the dissemination of false information/fake news (hoax). This study used a normative juridical analysis method with a qualitative descriptive approach, where the law was conceptualized as a rule or norm which is a benchmark for human behavior that is considered appropriate (Ishaq, 2017) This normative legal research was based on primary and secondary legal materials, namely research that refers to the norms contained in statutory regulations. The author used secondary and tertiary legal materials, namely literature books, journals, research results, other scientific works related to this research, and language dictionaries that help explain primary and secondary legal materials in this research.

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