Disinformation As A Security Threat Spread On The Internet

Abstract

In today's modern information society, the online environment is a natural, ubiquitous and often irreplaceable part of working, social and private life. The Internet has spread globally in recent years and is now accessible to the vast majority of the human population, developing constantly, dynamically, and affecting, to a greater or lesser extent, all areas, spheres or sectors of human society and human life in general, including communication. On the one hand, it offers many positives to mankind, but on the other hand, it also brings many negatives in the form of its potential misuse and dissemination of false, misleading, distorted, incomplete, and/or fabricated information - misinformation. For this reason, the author of the present article uses relevant scientific methods and approaches, and as part of the interdisciplinary research, deals with disinformation as a security threat spreading on the Internet, since it enables influencing individuals, social groups, and a large part of the public, shaping their attitudes, behaviour, and perception of reality.