Table 2.

Types of “disinformation”

Disinformation types	Example	Potential for AI techniques to detect
Fake news (story made to look like news)	Naval Destroyer crash in Hurricane Harvey	AI could be used to identify sites, and do fact checking
Fabrication with visual	Parkland student ripping up constitution	AI could be used to create and identify fake images
Fabrication without visual	Opposition peso scam in Philippines	AI might be of some assistance in finding all instances of story
Propaganda	Duerte’s helicopter scaring off the Chinese	AI could help classify underlying BEND objectives
Conspiracy	Pizzagate	AI could be used to do fact checking
Misleading—due to misquoting	Captain Marvel—Brie Larson is a racist/sexist	AI could be used to do fact checking, and stance checking
Misleading—due to being out of context	voting makes you lose your hunting license	AI might provide support tools
Innuendo and illogic	Anti-vax campaign	AI might provide some support but won’t solve