Rehabilitation Concept of Legal Protection for Citizen in Hoax Defamation

Abstract

The worst consequence of the hoax deed is that it is divided into the nation's integrity. The spread of hoaxes is difficult to overcome both by the government and the community, even though preventive and repressive efforts have been carried out by every party, but to this day hoaxes appear and directly attack citizens so their rights are tyrannized. Every hoax offender must be given sanctions that are appropriate and regulated by the laws and every victim has the right to receive legal protection provided by the state to him. Rehabilitation of the reputation of a citizen is a right that must be fulfilled by the state against its citizens. At the implementation level, it was found that not all citizens obtain and/or request rehabilitation as legal protection. this article discusses how a citizen can be a victim of the spread of hoaxes, what form of legal protection citizens can have as their rights, and how rehabilitation can be a solution to justice for a victim of a hoax.

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