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English: "Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report" by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee Igbo: "Ngbanwe na 'Ozi Ụgha': mkpesa nwa oge" nke kọmitii dijitalụ, omenala, mgbasa ozi na egwuregwu
The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies "the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation," including "how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact". [23]
Disinformation involves more than just a competition between inaccurate and accurate information. Disinformation, rumors and conspiracy theories call into question underlying trust at multiple levels. Undermining of trust can be directed at scientists, governments and media and have very real consequences.
A problem of longer standing for anti-disinformation crusaders is encompassed in Brandolini's Law, coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian software engineer.
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Nalon told The Guardian there was a great deal of fake news, and hesitated to compare the problem to that experienced in the U.S. [263] Brazil also has a problem with fake news, and according to a survey, a greater number of people that believe fake news influenced the outcome of their elections (69%) than in the United States (47%).
Researchers who combat disinformation have faced years of attacks. Recently, they've achieved some quiet but significant victories ahead of the 2024 election. The disinformation war has taken a ...
English: Abstract: Different from the major social media websites where the fight against disinformation mainly refers to preventing users to massively replicate fake content, fighting disinformation in Wikipedia requires tools that allows editors to apply the content policies of: verifiability, non-original research, and neutral point of view.