The spread of radical understanding always upsets the public. Their attitudes increasingly become, especially after the reformation and the emergence of public freedom. Freedom is misinterpreted by their willingness to arbitrarily change the basis of the state.
Radicals are stowaways of Indonesian democracy. They disagreed with Pancasila and the Constitution and wanted to change the concept of this country and make it an authoritarian government. Radicalism is also exhaled from various aspects, so that people slowly agree with their steps to overthrow the government.
Various methods are carried out by radicals, and they do not hesitate to take extreme actions such as throwing Molotov cocktails in public places or throwing grenades. Ramadhan a few years ago, a security post in Central Jaw which was of course guarded by the police, was pelted with bombs by irresponsible terrorists. The culprit immediately ran away using a motorcycle.
If in the past the terrorist acts were carried out by bombing, then now the radicals are using a more subtle method, namely through cyberspace. The ease of making websites is used by them to set up sites that contain hoax news and expressions of hatred for the government. Fortunately there is now an ITE law governing this matter, so a lying newsmaker can be arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison.
There are various kinds of news about hoaxes used as one of the weapons to terrorize the public. One of them was when there was a ftawa MUI about praying in congregation and tarawih at home. Within hours there was a hoax that contained criticism of the government. The president is considered to have violated the right of citizens to worship at the mosque.
Even though the MUI fatwa certainly came out after a very mature consideration.
Pilgrims are asked to worship at home first, including praying tarawih with family only in a private prayer room. If you force yourself to pray at the mosque, it is feared that you will get in contact with other people and may get corona. We do not know whether there are fellow worshipers affected by the Covid-19 virus, because the physical characteristics are not very visible.
Terrorists make use of people who are elderly and are just getting to know WA. They are easy targets of hoaxes and can be believed, because they equate broadcasts with news from valid media. Though the two things are very different. No wonder the WA family group is the main source of hoax news spread.
Another fake news appeared when there was a ban on the grand tabligh event. The government is considered to prohibit religious activities. Even though in the midst of the co-19 pandemic, the event had the potential to invite crowds and of course violate the PSBB rules. In the end the event was canceled and there were still rumors that cornered the government, even though this ban was for the good of the people themselves. So they do not get corona virus.
The public is asked to filter news that appears in online media and WA groups or telegrams intelligently. Don’t just believe when there is a broadcast, especially if the narrative is bad-mouthing the government or starting with the phrase ‘from the next group’ or ‘from a trusted source’. Because it could be only an essay from the terrorists. Prohibited from igniting a news and first check the truth. There is already a site to check a news truth, it is valid or a hoax.
Terrorists use cyberspace to spread fear and hatred of government and produce as much hoax news as possible. The goal is that the community believes that the president is acting unwise, even though everything he does is for the good of his people. Do not immediately forward the news broadcast results in the WA group and check the truth first.