Misinformation
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Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information. Whereas misinformation can exist with or without specific malicious intent, disinformation is deliberately deceptive and intentionally propagated
A sign for the successful campaign to leave in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. The claim made by the sign was widely considered to have been an example of misinformation.
A lithograph from the first large scale spread of disinformation in America, the Great Moon Hoax
Harry S. Truman displaying the inaccurate Chicago Tribune headline, an example of misinformation
AI Overviews result in 10 August 2025 incorrectly stating that Joaquín Correa is the brother of Ángel Correa; the two are unrelated.
Disinformation research
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Disinformation research, also called disinformation studies or misinformation research, is an academic research field that aims to understand and counter disinformation, misinformation, and malinforma
Bibliographic analysis of the rapid growth of disinformation research as an academic field
A Framework of how disinformation disseminates on social media through echo chambers