#dis-information

Dis-Information:

In this TikTok post, we can easily detect disinformation for different reasons. First, when looking at the name of the account that published the video, we can see that this doesn’t seem to come from a reliable source. Looking at their account, you can see they are well known for publishing disinformation content. To continue, when we look at the comments, most validate that this is false and that AI even made up the event. With modern tools, people who want to create imaginative content have the possibility to do so, and this is a good example. Finally, when you look to verify the news, all the sources that come up are also confirming that this post is indeed not true. 

Mis-Information:

This post is representing misinformation for many reasons. When looking at the video for the first time, the lady speaking seems to be really convincing regarding her story. She will talk as if it is something that she has truly lived and that affected her and her daughter. She is very convincing in her talking and really can fool you if you don’t ask yourself more questions. Users can see this is misinformation when they visit her profile and see the follow-up video here. In this follow-up video, Jenny confirms that her first post was misleading and that she was referencing her cat when she was talking about her daughter. This video represents information that isn’t true and that can easily mislead people. 

Mal-Information:

To explain the differences, it’s all about mens rea, or intent! What is the intent of purpose of sharing ?-information? This helps to better understand and deal with the 3 different types of ?-information, so here goes … Mis-information: The unintentional spread of falsehoods Mis-information is any false information that is spread without the intent to mislead. It’s the rumour that starts…

Funny how the media tries to tell us we are numb to the deaths of soldiers. We are not numb, we are just not informed. We shout at our government to stop the wars, they do not listen, we cry at the news of another death of a soldier, no one writes about it. When will we come together in peace and as one to stop the endless corruption in our government and killing of innocent people around the world?