What is false information?

4. Stories that are created to deliberately mislead audiences, promote a biased point of view or particular political cause or agenda.

1. Information written, produced or presented in a way might be factually correct but suggests or infers a particular meaning or view that is not necessarily impartial or balanced.

5. Lots of websites and social media accounts publish false news stories for entertainment and parody. For example; The Onion, Waterford Whispers, The Daily Mash, etc.

7. Fake accounts programmed to spread a story to as many people as possible.

3. Refers to the headlines used in articles and video titles you see on the internet. These headlines are designed to get you, the reader, to click on the link and visit the website or watch or subscribe to the video channel.

6. A plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick

8. A source you can trust is a .......source!

2. Sometimes reporters or journalists may publish a story without checking all of the facts which can mislead audiences.