What is misinformation?

Misinformation is when people share wrong facts that others believe are true.

Imagine you have a favorite toy box. It's full of your favorite toys, cars, blocks, and action figures. One day, someone tells you that the toy box has superpowers inside it, like invisible robots or flying dinosaurs. You believe them because they sound exciting, but actually, there are no superpowers at all, just your regular old toys.

That’s misinformation, when a person says something is true, but it's not really true. It can be fun to believe it for a while, like believing the toy box has superpowers, but if you keep sharing that story with others, they might think it’s real too!

Sometimes, misinformation spreads like a game of telephone. One person says something, then another tells their friend, and soon everyone is talking about something silly or wrong, just like how the toy box story got bigger and more exciting as it went around.