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False information deliberately created and spread to deceive.
Disinformation is false or misleading content produced and spread on purpose to deceive, manipulate, or cause harm — as distinct from misinformation, which is false content shared without intent to deceive. Detecting and attributing coordinated disinformation campaigns is a growing OSINT specialty.
Analysts trace the origin of false narratives, identify inauthentic account networks, and debunk manipulated media with verified evidence.
False information shared without the intent to deceive.
Synthetic media in which a person appears to say or do something they never did, generated by AI.
Any content — image, video, audio, or text — generated or heavily altered by AI.
The disciplined process of confirming that information is genuine before relying on it.