Misinformation Claim

Example(s):
- a Helpful-Seeming Misinformation.
- a Shared Misinformation, in social media.
- a False Rumour.
- a Deceitful Misinformation/Disinformation.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a True Rumor.
See: Information, Disinformation, Falsity.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/misinformation Retrieved:2020-9-13.
- Misinformation is false or inaccurate information. Examples of misinformation include false rumors, or insults and pranks, while examples of more deliberate disinformation include malicious content such as hoaxes, spearphishing and computational propaganda. Its main effects raise fear and suspicion among the general population. News parody or satire can become misinformation if it is taken as serious by the unwary and spread as if it were true. The terms "misinformation" and "disinformation" have often been associated with the neologism “fake news", defined by some scholars as "fabricated information that mimics news media content in form but not in organizational process or intent". The main difference between misinformation and disinformation is misinformation is shared regardless of intent to mislead, while disinformation is shared deliberately.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/10/facts-v-feelings-how-to-stop-emotions-misleading-us?utm_term=7e402671572079bccb1acdf8936788e8
- QUOTE: ... In the early days of the coronavirus epidemic, helpful-seeming misinformation spread even faster than the virus itself. One viral post – circulating on Facebook and email newsgroups – all-too-confidently explained how to distinguish between Covid-19 and a cold, reassured people that the virus was destroyed by warm weather, and incorrectly advised that iced water was to be avoided, while warm water kills any virus. The post, sometimes attributed to “my friend’s uncle”, sometimes to “Stanford hospital board” or some blameless and uninvolved paediatrician, was occasionally accurate but generally speculative and misleading. But still people – normally sensible people – shared it again and again and again. Why? Because they wanted to help others. They felt confused, they saw apparently useful advice, and they felt impelled to share. That impulse was only human, and it was well-meaning – but it was not wise. ...