CRIMINAL TREATMENT SPREAD FAKE NEWS (HOAX) TO HOSPITAL PATIENTS SO THAT CREATE FEAR IN THE TIME PANDEMY COVID-19

NINA ANDRIANA (2021) CRIMINAL TREATMENT SPREAD FAKE NEWS (HOAX) TO HOSPITAL PATIENTS SO THAT CREATE FEAR IN THE TIME PANDEMY COVID-19 , TESIS, UNIVERSITAS PRIMA INDONESIA

ABSTRAK

Since the corona case first occurred in Wuhan, Hoaxes have spread in Indonesia in all forms, especially the spread of fear. The purpose of this research is to find out positive legal arrangements regarding the crime of spreading hoax news to hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic, criminal responsibility for perpetrators who spread fake news (hoaxes) to hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic, efforts to counter fake news (hoaxes) which can be done in hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic. The data analysis was conducted qualitatively by collecting primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials related to the research. The results obtained, Positive legal arrangements regarding the crime of spreading hoax news to hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic are regulated in Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions and Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments On the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions,  The criminal responsibility of the perpetrator who spreads fake news (Hoaks) to hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic is to accept the consequences of his actions based on the applicable law, Efforts to tackle fake news (hoaxes) that can be carried out on hospital patients during the corona virus pandemic can be done through the penal line by making complaints to the Indonesian Police and through non-penal channels by not participating in spreading news that is not necessarily true but more first looking for the truth of the news or by providing an understanding to be careful in conveying news to news spreaders that are not necessarily true.

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