# Filter Your Email

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What is information disorder? Claire Wardle describes it as the idea that our current ecosystem of information and news is very polluted and doesn't effectively support the initial notion that these "hyper-connected" communities are bringing about positive influences. In fact, we are more divided than ever. A lot of the content we consume nowadays are posed, genuine facts that are simply twisted out of content, manipulated, and used in a misleading way. It makes sense why these practices are often much worse than just spreading "fake news," because there's actually a "[kernel of truth](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/understanding-information-disorder/)," as the author puts it.

This also ties in with the overwhelming amount of information and stimuli we receive. By regularly engaging in healthy habits like email filtering, although a simple act, can be small steps towards finding much easier ways to digest accurate information. Previous to this exercise, I had never thought to filter my emails like so, but I can already see how it can be extremely beneficial and efficient to people of any age.

There is also slight variations between the three terms that collectively make up information disorder-- misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. I found it extremely interesting that these are actually formatted in a venn diagram, with disinformation being the center overlapping part that include a little bit of both misinformation and malinformation. When outlined into specific definitions and applied to the news we consume on a daily basis, it's quite alarming to realize how it's actually more common for the details we're given are mostly genuine facts that others intentionally weaponize with harmful intentions.

The concept of "filter bubbles" referenced by the [FS blog article](https://fs.blog/filter-bubbles/) actually makes me think about the news I consume via my phone on an everyday basis-- whether that's consciously or subconsciously. Depending on the types of content I like to scroll through and look at on my TikTok page, the algorithm shows me various video topics that often have news incorporated into them. This personalization has sometimes presented me with very skewed and biased perspectives on current situations (usually pop culture-related), but nevertheless could be misleading if taken out of context or not fully understood. By prioritizing engagement, likes, and popularity of its app, platforms like TikTok breeds these types of tailored universes for users that often makes room for ignorance and misinterpretation.