This research is a literature study on Social Media Literacy in the Covid-19. Activity in virtual can use social media. The development of social media is consistent with the improvement of statistics and communication technology. The presence of social media became out to have an effect on converting the manner of speaking from traditional to modern and all-digital, however also caused the continued communication to be more effective. The development of social media seems to give birth to a massive and radical flow of information, making the situation more complex and the reality that occurs is that the use of cell phone technology (HP) is able to access various things without being controlled. The existence of social media today is actually a problem for the country today. During the Covid-19 pandemic, social media was used as a tool to spread misleading and untrue information to the public which was termed a hoax. So many people were trapped in these hoax terms. Moreover, nowadays the society is not only a recipient of messages but more than that, they can also be a source and produce news or just share the information they get. The types of hoaxes are as follows: fake information, Clickbait, affirmation bias, misinformation, Satire, submit-truth, and Propaganda. Hoax also have an impact, including triggering anxiety, fear and panic in the community. Allah SWT said in Surah Al-Hujurat confirms that there was an obligation for every Muslim to take Tabayyun actions (research first) on a case submitted from another person so that something that was informed did not contain lies, then it would be a disaster or bad luck would happen to other people as a result of the untruth of the information submitted. Likewise, the command that was first revealed by Allah SWT to His Messenger in Surah Al-Alaq which contains the meaning of the command to read is the main basis for what humans do in their lives.
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