The notion of falsehood is used with reference to false information that is disseminated with malicious intent. The lie can be associated with lies , slander or farce .
For example: “To maintain that immigrants are responsible for the economic problems of this country is a lie” , “The lie became evident when the video of the security camera that had recorded everything that happened appeared” , “The singer found it "They accused him of being a racist for many years, a lie that hurt him since he never discriminated against anyone because of their skin color."
A long time ago, rumors spread by word of mouth . At that time they were gossip or rumors that the inhabitants of a place used to share. With the development of the media , these instruments became the most effective vehicle for the transmission of this type of nonsense.
Currently, lies have an unusual significance thanks to social networks . Anyone has the possibility of inventing something and making it known to millions of Internet users around the world, without there being any effective mechanism to prevent it or limit the damage.
The ruling party of a country, for example, can finance thousands of individuals to attack the opposition with lies on the main social networks, information portals, blogs and discussion forums. These trolls (as users dedicated to provoking and attacking on networks are known) publish false content, with alleged evidence of acts of corruption by opposition leaders, with the intention of discrediting them and thus ensuring that the government retains its power . When the lies go viral, the image of the opposition is damaged.
Social networks are a very powerful tool to achieve different objectives, both commercial and humanitarian in nature, since they connect us with people from all over the world instantly. However, there are those who take advantage of them to cause gratuitous harm, and given the aforementioned lack of control and restriction, the consequences can be very serious.
Among the synonyms of the term infundio , there are the following: hoax, deception, rumour, exaggeration, slander, lie, hoax and lie . As we can notice, some are stronger than others: on the one hand we have lies and lies , which can be used in contexts of little gravity, while on the other there are slander and deception , which serve to describe situations with less happy endings.
Through social networks, infundio has become a sport that attracts new individuals and groups every day. Spreading slander seems to be easier than spreading pleasant news: for some reason, people are always better disposed to transmit sadness than happiness. It is enough to tell our contacts that we have received terrible treatment in a specific company for a movement against them to begin, consisting of insults and threats, all without needing to provide proof of what happened.
Today, a lie related to sexual harassment or any sexist attitude can cost someone their career: while this is true if it is true, the wave of timely accusations that occur every day on social networks tells us It leads one to think that there is a movement focused on creating these types of stories to ascend to power in a great leap.
In short, the main characteristic of the lie is its falsehood , its lack of veracity. However, while in the past it took a lot of effort to spread it and get many people to believe it, we find ourselves in an era where sincerity outweighs it.