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misinformation
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deepfakes
- In deepfake
…and fake, addressing that the content is not real. The term came to be used for synthetic media in 2017 when a Reddit moderator created a subreddit called “deepfakes” and began posting videos that used face-swapping technology to insert celebrities’ likenesses into existing pornographic videos.
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news literacy
- In What is news literacy (and why does it matter)?: Developing habits to detect misinformation
Misinformation is a general term used to describe false or factually inaccurate information. Disinformation is a type of misinformation that is intentionally created, usually to advance some kind of ideological goal. Falsehoods that spread widely often resonate in some way with people’s values and beliefs…
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