The dangers of the Covid-19 pandemic are as real as the harmful pragmatism that is being exposed as people hoard drugs, present fake swab test documents, and commit cybercrimes.

Netizens who have sufficient knowledge and always keep their skepticism of certain information will certainly not easily become victims of hoaxes.

Hoaxes now appear as dangerous as COVID-19 itself. The government and the public need to work hand in hand to prevent the spread of public misconceptions that could otherwise leave us wailing with regret later. 

Like a flood, a surge of information has engulfed everyone from policy makers to civilians in general. In the midst of these circumstances, the ability to sort out information and use it prudently has become a challenge

In 2011, Julian Assange, the cofounder of WikiLeaks, from house arrest in the UK, expressed his views on the potential for this chaos to then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Google ideas director Jared Cohen.

If the misleading information continues to be shared on social media, you can imagine the fate of millions of patients in Indonesia who need blood transfusions.

At the age of 56, Kompas, together with other press institutions, is determined to continue to develop its journalistic work so that it can be a firm pillar, a guide for public in dealing with the flood of information.