I hate the word "<i>disinformation</i>". I hate it so much I consider anyone who uses it in a serious argument a deep-state actor working on bringing 1984 to reality.<p>The reason I hate it is because it implies that there is such thing as "the truth", and that <i>they</i> somehow have the authority to decide, globally, what <i>is</i> and <i>is not</i> truth. Truth is, and always will be, unknowable, at least in an absolute sense. Depending on the sensory data we have as individuals, we may assign probabilities to certain predicates, and we consider them "true" as much as our observations correspond to our expectations derived from those predicates.<p>The "disinformation" crusade could spend their time much better trying to <i>share the information</i> - i.e. educating people. But no, education is expensive and hard. It's much easier to ride the high horse and censor anyone who disagrees with them...ahem, I mean "spreads disinformation". Feels so righteous too!