Disinformation in the age of digitization

Abstract

The growth of the Internet has created room for development, with information spreading at lightning speed around the world. The increase in the number of interactions is helped by the development of social media. In such a situation, an Internet user can become susceptible to all the information that appears, including false information, which becomes a tool of manipulation and disinformation. Nowadays, this can be seen especially in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, of which information warfare is a strong weapon, both on one side and the other. However, there are tools and initiatives that help fight for the truth such as Brand24 and Media Check, among others. The purpose of this article is to trace the most important concepts and connections in the context of the use of disinformation in the digital age, as well as to answer the question of whether the ordinary Internet user remains completely defenseless against large-scale fake news.