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by SpicyLemonZest 1722 days ago
There's such a thing as a lie, but "misinformation" isn't a synonym for "lie". Efforts to fight misinformation are almost always understood to encompass misleading information - that is, information that's literally true but is used to advance an argument the misinformation checker doesn't think is valid.
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The problem still remains as to who gets to determine what constitutes "misleading".