 "Fake
news or information
disorder is
false or misleading information (misinformation, disinformation, propaganda,
and hoaxes)
claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. Fake
news often has the aim of damaging
the reputation of a person or entity, or
making money through advertising revenue.Although
false news has always been spread throughout history, the term fake
news was
first used in the 1890s when sensational reports in newspapers were
common. Nevertheless,
the term does not have a fixed definition and has been applied
broadly to any type of false information presented as news. It has
also been used by high-profile people to apply to any news
unfavorable to them. Further, disinformation involves
spreading false information with harmful intent and is sometimes
generated and propagated by hostile foreign actors, particularly during
elections.
In some definitions, fake news includes satirical articles
misinterpreted as genuine, and articles that employ sensationalist or clickbait headlines that
are not supported in the text. Because
of this diversity of types of false news, researchers are beginning
to favour information disorder as a more neutral and informative
term." Source
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