Disinformation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is his Department’s definition of disinformation is.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan
The UK government defines disinformation as the deliberate creation and spreading of false and/or manipulated information that is intended to deceive and mislead people, either for the purposes of causing harm, or for political, personal or financial gain. Misinformation is the inadvertent spread of false information.
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