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The article addresses the issue of the spread of misinformation in the online environment. It proposes the use of agent-based modeling to study and analyze this process. A model of an information agent for the process of spreading misinformation has been developed, represented by a graph of states and transitions of a probabilistic finite automaton. The structure is determined and the relationships between the transition probabilities of this automaton are established. An agent-based simulation model of the processes of dissemination of misinformation in the Internet environment has been developed using the NetLogo 6.3 multi-agent modeling system. The results of simulation experiments and assessment of the adequacy of the software model are presented. Options for using abstract and simulation models in the educational process of the direction "Information Systems and Technologies" are proposed.
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