E02¶


Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C012
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E02
Type	Factual

Three Categories Confirmed

URL: Not captured — experimental run

Extract¶

The taxonomy distinguishes three types of information disorder:

Misinformation: False information shared without intent to harm (unintentional mistakes).
Disinformation: False information deliberately created and shared to cause harm.
Malinformation: Genuine/true information shared deliberately to cause harm.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Strong — confirms sub-claim 012d
H2	Supports	Strong — confirms shared factual sub-claim
H3	Contradicts	Strong — taxonomy categories are as claimed

Context¶

The three categories are widely recognized and consistently described across all sources examined. There is no dispute about the categories themselves. The definitions are clear and mutually exclusive when both dimensions (falseness and intent) are considered.

Notes¶

Note the definitions already reveal the two-dimensional structure: falseness varies (misinformation/disinformation are false, malinformation is true) and intent varies (misinformation lacks intent, disinformation and malinformation have intent). This is addressed in E03.