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    "data": {
        "id": 1881579,
        "msgid": "experts-urge-public-to-beware-of-hoaxes-targeting-state-institutions-1784998223",
        "date": "2026-07-25 22:33:00",
        "title": "Experts Urge Public to Beware of Hoaxes Targeting State Institutions",
        "author": "Andhika",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government and experts are warning the public about a surge in disinformation aimed at undermining trust in state institutions. Recent false claims include the DPR rejecting an asset forfeiture bill and a survey labelling the National Police as the most corrupt institution in Southeast Asia. Officials stress the importance of verifying information before sharing it to prevent the erosion of national unity.",
        "content": "<p>The spread of false information or hoaxes targeting state\ninstitutions is considered to be increasingly rampant on social media\nand has the potential to erode public trust in state bodies. Therefore,\nthe public is urged to be more critical by always verifying any\ninformation before believing or sharing it. Data from the Directorate\nGeneral of Digital Space Supervision at the Ministry of Communication\nand Digital shows that 1,674 hoax contents were found between 22 October\n2024 and 20 October 2025. Of that number, government-related hoaxes were\nthe second most common category after fraud. The breakdown includes 589\nfraud cases, 341 government-related cases, 249 miscellaneous cases, 166\npolitical cases, 87 health cases, 68 disaster cases, 49 international\ncases, 42 crime cases, 41 defamation cases, 25 trade cases, eight\nreligious cases, and five education cases.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, two issues circulating on social media have drawn\nparticular attention: a narrative claiming the House of Representatives\n(DPR) rejected the discussion of the Asset Forfeiture Bill and a claim\nthat the National Police is the most corrupt institution in Southeast\nAsia. Both pieces of information are considered to lack credible\nsources. Responding to the first issue, Deputy Speaker of the DPR Sari\nYuliati firmly stated that the DPR never rejected the discussion of the\nAsset Forfeiture Bill, calling the information circulating on social\nmedia false news. Meanwhile, the claim about the police was criticised\nby academics. The Executive Director of the National Data Index, Ayip\nTayana, assessed that the survey results from the international\ninstitution IndexMundi could not be scientifically justified due to\nfundamental methodological weaknesses. He noted the sample size was not\nproportional to each country\u2019s population, failing to meet proper\nresearch standards. He also highlighted that the online survey method\nlacked adequate respondent verification, opening the door to sampling\nbias, self-selection bias, and potential manipulation of results. Ayip\nurged the public not to immediately accept such survey results or\ninformation on social media as absolute truth, but rather to use them as\nmaterial for questioning and evaluation, not as a basis for\njudgement.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/experts-urge-public-to-beware-of-hoaxes-targeting-state-institutions-1784998223",
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