Misinformation vs. Disinformation
1 min readNov 28, 2016
Facebook’s recent Truth Kerfuffle has generated 10,000 articles and counting. I’ve noticed quite a few authors — Zuckerberg included — using the word misinformation where disinformation would be the more appropriate term. Here are the definitions (via Wiktionary):
Misinformation: Information that is incorrect.
Disinformation: The dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead.
That’s all I got. Thanks!