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This study aims to find out how the influence of fake news or hoaxes in the community, then what are the motives of spreading hoax news in various social media and how to prevent hoax news. This study uses a qualitative method. This method works by collecting data which will produce descriptive data in the form of written or oral words from people and observable behavior. The results show that rapid technological advancement is a determining factor in accessing information, besides that social media users must be smarter in using information from social media which is generally considered as the source of truth, and the importance of the governments role in stopping the spread of hoax news, the government has issued rules regarding inside hoax news informationUndang Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2008about Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE). After analyzing the hoax news on social media, researchers suggest that information coming through any media should be directly asked to those who know the problem properly.