Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasised the necessity for residents to strengthen their efforts in verifying information experiences amidst the convenience of acquiring information and knowledge within the digital period.
Whereas opening the XXX Nationwide Quran Competitors (MTQ) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, he stated that such functionality has develop into extra necessary since social media permits everybody to be a “journalist” and straight report what they expertise.
“The traditional media, which has its editorial board, started to lose in opposition to the more and more dominant social media and on-line media. Everybody could be a journalist, and citizen journalism with out its editorial board is rising,” the president expounded on Sunday.
Therefore, residents ought to begin changing into their very own “editorial board” to filter the fast movement of data and experiences that seem earlier than their screens.
“Residents ought to test and recheck to filter the right information from hoaxes or false data,” he stated.
To find out trusted information experiences and, on the whole, good data, the president stated that residents want a powerful ethical foundation offered by the faith, as exhibited by the Quran competitors.
“The MTQ shouldn’t be solely a momentum to exhibit capabilities in reciting the Quran, however can be a momentum to glorify and propagate Quran teachings and to strengthen the nation’s ethical and non secular foundation,” he defined.
Whereas mentioning that Samarinda Metropolis as soon as hosted the MTQ virtually half a century in the past, Jokowi additionally highlighted that the competitors has develop into more and more trendy and progressive, as proven by the adoption of e-MTQ and e-scoring purposes.
“I count on not solely the MTQ is bettering, but in addition the implementation of Quranic values, akin to honesty, justice, peace, and unity, in our lives,” he remarked.
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Translator: Rangga Pandu AJ, Nabil IhsanEditor: Azis KurmalaCopyright © ANTARA 2024
