misinformation

Misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to deceive. It is a significant issue in public discourse, often affecting topics like health, politics, and international relations.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its role in high-profile disputes, such as the one between FIFA and UEFA, and its impact on public health crises like measles outbreaks.

Latest on misinformation

• FIFA accuses UEFA of 'misinformation campaign' in response to filing
• President Trump’s newest vaccine ‘demands’ repeat old misinformation
• How the Nepal flash flood unleashed a wave of anti-China misinformation
• Kennedy posts vaccine misinformation, spars on social media amid measles deaths
• Opinion: How to disrupt the health misinformation business model
• Japanese officials battling misinformation on social media
• We're told AI is the future of security, yet this incident shows how easily an unchecked tool can become a vector for misinformation.
• A platform that refreshes its UI but doesn't refresh its validation process is just a faster way to spread misinformation
• Fake and divisive ads proliferated during the campaign.
• Now add AI-generated imagery to that dynamic.
• Employees see a partial email about a policy change, fill in the blanks with assumption, and by lunch it's a different story entirely.
• Thirty-nine kilograms of bread abandoned in a national park became 39 million kilograms of misinformation before authorities finished their first report.

Connections

9 entities linked to misinformation across the news graph.