The is dedicated to the problem of an increasing amount of unreliable information in new media, where verification of information is often formal and generally inferior to professional media. Inaccurate, of false information is considered to be information that does not correspond to reality; information indicating facts that did not exist in reality or did not exist in the form represented in media. Based on the review of theoretical sources in comparison with statistical data and regulatory documents that institutionalize the practices of preventing disinformation and crimes committed with the help of information and communication technologies, the authors identify forms of unreliable information in new media: fake identities, trolls, manipulation of algorithms, bots in social networks, distorted visual images and memes.
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