Types of Information

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This is Jonny, Jonny really dislikes Billy at school because he thinks he is cooler than him.

Once the rumor has spread throughout the school, slowly and surely, Billy starts getting weird looks at school from his own friends.

One day, Jonny decides to spread a rumor. Jonny thinks that if he spreads a rumor about Billy, people will think Billy did something horrible, even though it never happened.

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Misinformation is the unintentional spread of false information 

Timmy did not know that the information on his blogs were false information

 in return, Timmy has spread false information, without the intention of spreading it, to his thousands of followers

he didn't spend enough time researching and getting familiar with what he was about to publish

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In the end, she is now looked down upon by her own employees and even friends. All because of her faulty past being exaggerated with truthful stems 

Here we have Sarina, she owns one of the most successful companies in the entire world. Wow! 

Eventually, someone tracked this back to her, and she was called out, not only for the profanity filled graffiti, but also for other things like being a local school bully and a thief too

Sarina, in her childhood, was very mischievous. She would often create graffiti art with strong profanity 

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Mal-Information is the spread of exaggerated information, coming from a truthful, or a partially true source

Though the news of Sarina painting graffiti was true, the information of being a school bully is false

The news took the truth and completely, and outrageously, stretched the truth to ends beyond

though the exaggeration is extreme, it is always important to make sure you are weary of your impact on society, past and present

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Here we have grace, she is a Marine Biologist, she loves the ocean, and the internet!

Grace and her findings received lots of recognition and support, many offered to help save the ocean!

Grace has noticed an abnormal number of her local coral reefs dying out, this is alarming

She decided to go forward and tell the internet through posts, blogs, chats etc. All with 100% truth

Timmy loves the internet, so much so, that he writes blogs all the time about things he isn't familiar with

Timmy publishes the blogs to his thousands of loyal followers on social media

His followers believe it all! They don't question a thing about the validity of timmy's blogs, and take this information as the full truth

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Helpful information is exactly what it reads. This is information that is helpful and the entire truth

Grace and her readings found something devastating, and instead of exaggerating her research, she decided to publish abroad with 100% truth

She did what was best for the sake of the planet, and even her reputation

Helpful Information is what you should look for when doing research, it is ideal! When someone shows you something; and you are unsure whether it is true or not, don't be hesitant to bring validity into question. Making sure you are educated on what you read is essential!

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Disinformation, arguably the most harmful, is the intentional spread of false information

Billy was the most kind and innocent child at his school, he would never fit in the category that Jonny described him as

However, Billy had no control over this rumor and ended up being affected by it the most

There are many types of disinformation, spreading harmful rumors is just one of them. In all cases, however, Disinformation is dangerous!

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<a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/online-disinformation.html">Government of Canada Online Fact Checking website</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDLohXNgF4o">Disinformation Video</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD5MmuLDeFE">Mis-information, Dis-information, Mal-information Video</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-049KTrYBg">Four ways to tell if something is true online</a> <a href="https://mediasmarts.ca/break-fake">Break the Fake</a>

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