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

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).