False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia’s invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days.

  • towerful@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure it talks about misinformation, which is not factually accurate information.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation

    So, nobody decides.
    It’s not factually accurate, so it’s misinformation.
    It’s like asking “when something is covered in water, who decides that it is wet?”. The majority of the time, the item is going to be wet.

    Disinformation is deliberate misinformation.
    Proving something is misinformation is likely trivial compared to proving a malicious or deliberate intent behind presenting the misinformation (thus making it disinformation).
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation
    But disinformation is just pointing the finger at someone over misinformation.
    Clearing up misinformation will hamper any disinformation campaign.