Lee’s representatives in a statement begged the public to refrain from spreading false information based on speculation or assumption. In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the word of the year and defined it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, meaning getting the facts wrong, while disinformation, which is a subset of misinformation, is false information which is deliberately intended to mislead or intentionally misstating the facts. Pause for a moment, think and contemplate the next time we want to post and share something. Maybe, by pausing a millisecond before we post and share, we can contribute to making this digital world a better place to exist in.

Source: Philippine Star December 30, 2023 03:56 UTC