we're going to look at two broad categories of incorrect information you will encounter online misinformation and disinformation and the main difference is intent misinformation is false content that is shared by someone who doesn't realize it's wrong kind of like the person in your feed who shares an article by the onion and didn't realize it was satire it could also be a photo with a misleading caption or from an entirely different event than what it claims and a person passing it along thinks it's real disinformation is shared with malicious intent this is purposely created to seem
legitimate but has an agenda to manipulate or cause harm that's like manipulated audio or video like a deep fake or a site made to look like it's legitimate unbiased news but it isn't these are broad categories and there are many different types within this space text verified at 616-559-1310 to dive deeper into miss and disinformation and learn how to navigate all the information you consume every day
