What is Disinformation?

Disinformation is when someone shares fake news or made-up stories to trick you into thinking they're true.

Imagine you’re playing a game of hide and seek, but instead of hiding, your friend tells everyone that you’ve been turned into a robot by fairies. That’s disinformation, it's not real, but it's meant to confuse you and make you believe something silly.

Think of disinformation like a cartoon where the characters say things that aren’t true. For example, if your favorite cartoon character said, “All apples are blue,” even though you know they’re red, that would be disinformation, it’s trying to make you believe something not real.

Sometimes people spread disinformation on social media, like when someone shares a funny video but says it happened in your school, even if it didn’t. It's like telling a lie to your friends so they think it really happened.

So, disinformation is just a fun way of tricking you, and sometimes it’s not that hard to see through!