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  2. Disinformation vs misinformation: How to spot fake news on ...

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    Fake news, literally, means any false information distributed by a news outlet or related to current events. ... Here is an example of a mock-up image seen on X. This is a fake image of the Pope ...

  3. Misinformation - Wikipedia

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    Spreading false information can also seriously impede the effective and efficient use of the information available on social media. [124] An emerging trend in the online information environment is "a shift away from public discourse to private, more ephemeral, messaging ", which is a challenge to counter misinformation.

  4. Fact-checking - Wikipedia

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    Recently, a lot of work has gone into helping detect and identify fake news through machine learning and artificial intelligence. [76] [77] [78] In 2018, researchers at MIT's CSAIL created and tested a machine learning algorithm to identify false information by looking for common patterns, words, and symbols that typically appear in fake news. [79]

  5. Misuse of statistics - Wikipedia

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    Statistics, when used in a misleading fashion, can trick the casual observer into believing something other than what the data shows. That is, a misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood. In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator.

  6. Fake news - Wikipedia

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    Fake news or information disorder is false or misleading information (misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. [1] Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity , [ 2 ] or making money through advertising revenue.

  7. Malinformation - Wikipedia

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    Malinformation is a controversial term for information which is based on fact, but removed from its original context in order to mislead, harm, or manipulate. [1] The term was first coined by Hossein Derakhshan and was used in a co-authored report titled "Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making". [2]

  8. AI image misinformation has surged, Google researchers find - AOL

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    Even with AI, the study found that real images paired with false claims about what they depict or imply continue to spread without the need for AI or even photo-editing.

  9. Misleading graph - Wikipedia

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    Misleading graphs are often used in false advertising. One of the first authors to write about misleading graphs was Darrell Huff, publisher of the 1954 book How to Lie with Statistics. The field of data visualization describes ways to present information that avoids creating misleading graphs.