Cyberlocker
💡[Did you know?] A cyberlocker (or file-hosting service) is an online service that allows users to store and share files (videos, images, music, documents) on one or more servers.
Pre-bunking
💡[Did you know?] Pre-bunking (or preventive debunking) involves implementing strategies, particularly educational ones, aimed at preventing the public from adhering to false beliefs or accepting as true misleading information that may be disseminated, even before its widespread dissemination.
Debunking
💡[Did you know?] Debunking (or demystification) consists of identifying and dismantling false information. Source: Guide against disinformation 2025, DICoD, Ministry of the Armed Forces
Fact-checking
💡[Did you know?] Fact-checking is a technique or process that involves verifying stated facts. Several media outlets and collectives in France and around the world are working to verify the accuracy of information disseminated in the press and on social media, including: Les Dessous de l’infox (RFI) AFP Factuel (AFP) Les Décodeurs (Le Monde) Check […]
Misinformation
💡[Did you know?] Misinformation is the dissemination of false information, unaware that it is false and without the intention of misleading. Source: Guide against disinformation 2025, DICoD, Ministry of the Armed Forces
Disinformation
💡[Did you know?] Disinformation refers to the deliberate dissemination of inaccurate or false information with the aim of misleading and influencing. The phenomenon is not new but has experienced an unprecedented rise in recent years, linked to the development of digital technologies and social media. 88% of fake news circulates via social media. Two networks […]
Slopaganda
💡[Did you know?] Slopaganda is a neologism that combines the terms “slop” and “propaganda”. The term refers to the mass online dissemination of low-quality content (“slop”) generated by AI, intended to manipulate beliefs and opinions for political or ideological purposes.
Slop AI
💡[Did you know?] Slop (or AI Slop) refers to low-quality content (articles, images, videos) created by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) that floods the web, particularly social media, prioritising quantity over quality.
Generative AI
💡[Did you know?] Generative AI (GenAI) is a branch of artificial intelligence that produces new, original content (text, images, music, videos, computer code) that mimics human creations using existing data and a given prompt. Generative artificial intelligence can be used maliciously to spread false, manipulated, or misleading information online, such as deepfake videos and audio, […]