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According to Derakhshan, examples of malinformation can include "revenge porn, where the change of context from private to public is the sign of malicious intent", or providing false information about where and when a photograph was taken in order to mislead the viewer [3] (the picture is real, but the meta-information and its context is changed).
Malinformation is accurate information that is disseminated with malicious intent. [21] This includes sensitive material that is disseminated in order to hurt someone or their reputation. [ 21 ] Examples include doxing , revenge porn , and editing videos to remove important context or content.
In January 2019, just days after publicly calling out technology giants, Prime Minister Trudeau announced the first federal financing of $7 million to respond to online misinformation and disinformation in Canada. Malinformation is content grounded in truth but presented in a misleading or exaggerated way, which can lead to misconceptions and harm.
In order to distinguish between similar terms, including misinformation and malinformation, scholars collectively agree on the definitions for each term as follows: (1) disinformation is the strategic dissemination of false information with the intention to cause public harm; [24] (2) misinformation represents the unintentional spread of false ...
Global Disinformation Index (GDI) is a not-for-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom [1] [2] which aims to mitigate the spread of disinformation on the internet. [3] [4] [5] The group utilises a system of ratings of news sources and websites to determine risk of disinformation. [6]
The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), from April 27, 2022 to August 24, 2022. The board's stated function was to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Information laundering or disinformation laundering [1] is the surfacing of news, false or otherwise, from unverified sources into the mainstream. [2] [3] [4] By advancing disinformation to make it accepted as ostensibly legitimate information, information laundering resembles money laundering—the transforming of illicit funds into ostensibly legitimate funds.