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Previous version of the article states that misinformation is a deliberate act. Various paper show that it can be both intentional or unintentional.--Flycatchr20:43, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Misinformation is any incorrect, misleading, or unverifiable information. Disinformation is deliberate misinformation. Most often when we talk about "fake news", we are talking about disinformation but both are problematic. Social media has been criticized for being full of misinformation mostly because of disinformation, but major news outlets also spread "facts" that end up being false, and biased news and opinion articles are often misleading and lack sources.2604:F840:8001:8550:5CDF:7A88:6952:91C7 (talk)04:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)JustPassingBy[reply]
IMO it should be stated clearly that the current state of AI, various social media (text, email, web, etc.), hackers or other malicious actors can generate damaging, wrong or misleading or biased info and it can propagate fast and with damaging effect (assuming it is even possible for Truth to be absolute). It is the new Information Warfare. Furthermore, I'd like to see the word "bias" somewhere in the opening introduction, as it is a big contributor to the problem. Just a suggestion.2600:6C48:7006:200:5C10:C716:750B:C3B2 (talk)02:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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> misinformation can existwith or without specific malicious intent
> Misinformation is false or inaccurate information publishedwithout malicious intent
The first quote seems to claim that misinformation can be without malicious intent, and the second quote seems to claim it can't. Let me know if this is just me misreading these sections.Yoavco99 (talk)17:05, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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