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Globalization and the development of science and technology, especially information and communication technology, have contributed to the increasing production and dissemination of information that contains elements of public deception or known as hoaxes. Information released through electronic documents will certainly be read by many people. Such information will be able to influence the feelings and thoughts or even the actions of a person or group. Hoax information is usually provocative in that it tries to lead the reader to think and act negatively, usually in the form of slander, hate speech that can make people afraid, feel threatened and can harm certain parties. The party will feel a big loss both in reputation and materially. The purpose of this paper is to explain descriptively and analytically the hoaxes from the perspective of Malay customary law in Riau.