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What is Disinformation

Handbook of Research on Cyber Law, Data Protection, and Privacy
A subset of misinformation, this is false information that is created and circulated with the malicious intention to deceive/ mislead the audience.
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Privacy and Other Legal Concerns in the Wake of Deepfake Technology: Comparative Study of India, US, and China
Purva Kaushik (Amity Law School, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8641-9.ch003
Abstract
The world is filled with technology-driven systems and instruments in the present era. Artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as “AI”) is increasingly dominating our everyday life. Deepfakes is one such AI-based technological innovation that is leading to huge concerns amongst legal and scientific experts. There have been recent instances wherein videos of statements never made and acts never done by public figures became viral on the internet. Face swap in videos is easily done for the purpose of cyber bullying and harassment of innocent victims. Since creation of these synthetic contents called deepfakes is becoming easier by the day, the growing concerns surrounding them demand immediate attention. This chapter shall specifically probe into the deepfake technology with dual objectives (i.e., to understand the causes of concern surrounding deepfakes related AI-technology and to compare effective ideas and regulatory measures of nations abroad such as US and China) in order to arrive at possible solutions to appropriately tackle this issue in India.
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An Empirically Supported Taxonomy of Misinformation
False information that is crafted with the intention to mislead.
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Evolving Roles of East West University Library During the COVID-19 Pandemic
False information deliberately and often covertly spread to influence public opinion or obscure the truth.
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Are You an Observer or a Supporter of War?: The Changing Narrative of Front Line Reporting
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The Danger Social Media Poses to National Sovereignty and Global Security
Information released/distributed/shared which is non-factual or pure speculation, whether intentionally or innocently. Since people’s motives are impossible to test, there is an element of uncertainty to the term regarding the level of truth. Three considerations come into play in this regard. First, honest errors also occur, with some errors simply mistakes, misquotes or misattributions. Second, information may be partial, confusing or ignore details and context such that what is provided cannot be properly understood. Third, there is the element of official spin, which is selective partial information released by “someone in charge” that favorably situates an occurrence or event.
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Ten Lessons for the Age of Disinformation
Misinformation, lies, or false information supplied with the deliberate intention to mislead or misinform, most often in a political context.
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The Impact of Misinformation and Preferences of News Sources on Institutional Trust Perception in the COVID-19 Process
Disinformation is false or misleading information that is spread deliberately to deceive. Disinformation in new media include deceptive advertising, propaganda, fake news, fake websites/accounts imitiating one person or news organization.
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Educating the Public to Combat Online Defamation, Doxing, and Impersonation
Disinformation is false information presented as factual information. There is an intent to deceive with this false information. All disinformation is misinformation.
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Intelligence and Security Informatics
Disinformation is information provided to security or intelligence sources that is intentionally false or intended to deceive.
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Creative Writing of Disinformation Narratives: Teaching Innovation Using Artificial Intelligence
Also known as deliberate misinformation, encompasses the intentional dissemination of fabricated or distorted information, often through various media channels, aiming to deceive, manipulate, or create confusion among individuals, potentially undermining trust, distorting public discourse, and influencing opinions or actions.
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An Overview (and Criticism) of Methods to Detect Fake Content Online
False content that is deliberately fabricated and distributed.
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Digitalization and Political Extremism
It is a term that refers to the deliberate spreading of false information in order to influence the public or hide the truth. This false information can be used for propaganda.
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War in Ukraine and US: Russian Information Warfare – A Comparative Analysis
False information deliberately spread to deceive people. It should not be confused with misinformation, which is false information but is not deliberate.
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Social Networks on the Internet: Dissemination and Communication of Scientific Knowledge
The deliberate spread of false or misleading information, often with the intent to deceive or manipulate.
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Cognitive Warfare: A Psychological Strategy to Manipulate Public Opinion
Inaccurate information that is intentionally misleading and deceptive.
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Understanding Online Falsehood From the Perspective of Social Problem
Disinformation refers to the deliberate dissemination of false or misleading content.
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Information Literacy and Science Misinformation
Deliberately false information, esp. when supplied by a government or its agent to a foreign power or to the media, with the intention of influencing the policies or opinions of those who receive it.
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Combating Fake News Online: Turkish Fact-Checking Services
False information intentionally spread in order to influence public opinion.
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Detecting Fake News on Social Media: The Case of Turkey
Disinformation entails the propagation or assertion of false, mistaken, or misleading information in an intentional mislead.
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Seeking Truth: The Shifting Context of a New Reality
Information released/distributed/shared which includes the intent of deception. Since people’s motives are impossible to test, there is an element of uncertainty to the term regarding the level of truth. Three considerations come into play in this regard. First, honest errors also occur, with some errors simply mistakes, misquotes or misattributions. Second, information may be partial, confusing or ignore details and context such that what is provided cannot be properly understood. Third, there is the element of official spin, which is selective partial information released by “someone in charge” that favorably situates an occurrence or event.
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Storytelling and the Rhetoric of Rumor in Social Media
A type of information that is distorted and conveyed to the audience intentionally to accomplish a goal. It is a purposive and strategic action, mainly for political agenda or economic gain. It is different from misinformation and ordinary rumor.
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Media Ethics: Evaluation of Television News in the Context of the Media and Ethics Relationship
It refers that false information spread in order to deceive public, people. False information which is misdirected purposely by an organization to an opponent power or the media.
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The Concept of Disinformation
Misleading information that has the function of misleading.
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The Ethics of Deception in Cyberspace
Lies or propaganda.
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Perception Is (as) Reality
Purposely fabricated information that is spread with the intent to mislead and/or harm.
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