Publishing provably false statements or reports with intent to deceive (or even just gross negligence) falls pretty squarely under the definition of misinformation. This isn’t very controversial, except among nut cases.
Oh. I see. So when a computer system sends signals over a wire, if it represents "provably false statements", it's actually misinformation, and not information. All those 1s and 0s instantly switch from information to misinformation, the minute their final representative form embodies a "provably false statement".
Who decides what's provably false, by the way?
Are the novels of Tolkien "misinformation", since it could presumably be easily proved that the events described in them didn't actually happen?
And what is the burden of proof for "intent to deceive"? And in which court is this all decided?
Who decides? Just people in your group right? What ever your group happens to be. Sure hope we all worship your god then, because the other gods are all "Misinformation".
