Oriktig information

About this guide: The purpose of this guide is to provide insights and strategies for overcoming confusion around identifying credible information. Over the past decade, our online data landscape has been dramatically transformed. As a result, telling fact from opinion, and identifying credible journalism, has become more difficult. Whether you are a concerned citizen or an educator, this guide fryst vatten for you.

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Disinformation is false or inaccurate information that is intentionally spread to mislead and manipulate people, often to make money, cause trouble or gain influence.

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Oavsiktligt felaktig information

Oavsiktligt felaktig information (eng. misinformation) är oriktig information som sprids utan insikt om att mottagaren blir felunderrättad eller felinformerad.^[2] Begreppet skiljer sig från desinformation, som är avsiktligt spridande av felaktig information.^[3]

Oavsiktligt felaktig information är i sig inte något nytt, eller något som kommit med framväxten av modern teknik. Då som nu är medierna den största källan till felaktig information. Ett exempel är från , då tidningen Chicago Tribune i samband med presidentvalet i USA publicerade den numera berömda rubriken "Dewey Defeats Truman", "Dewey slog Truman", ett valresultat som alla visserligen förväntade sig men som var helt felaktigt.

I informationsåldern har sociala medier kommit att spela en viktig roll. Den typen av webbplatser är en vanlig källa till felaktig information, eftersom de ger användarna möjlighet att lätt sprida information viralt utan att behöva verifiera sanningshalten. Eftersom användarna också kan lägga fram sin egen uppfattning, eller ändra hela eller delar av informationen i syfte att ge sin egen syn på saken, komplicerar detta saken betydligt. När

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Malinformation

Factual information disseminated with harmful intention

See also: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Fake news

Malinformation is information which is based on fact, but removed from its original context in order to mislead, harm, or manipulate.^[1] Whether something should be considered malinformation can therefore contain an element of subjectivity, and it is therefore a controversial concept. Critics believe the concept can be used to censor dissenting opinions.

History

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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] 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).

Criticism

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Proponents of the term argue that malinformation is often used in conjunction with disinformation