Misinformation
False or misleading information, shared whether or not the person sharing it knows it's false.
Learn it through a story
- The Photo That Traveled Too Far (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 8)
- The Tiger That Never Came (Jugnupur Tales Vol 1, Ch 6)
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Related terms
- Forward chain How a message multiplies as more and more people pass it along.
- Forwarded many times A label some apps add to messages that have been passed along many times already.
- Human review A person checking an AI’s important decisions.
- Out of context A real photo or fact paired with a false claim about where, when, or why it happened.
- Rabbit hole Being led, step by step, into more and more of one kind of content.
- Responsible AI Building and using AI in ways that are fair, safe, honest and accountable.