Misinformation

Misinformation was false, inaccurate, or misleading information that was communicated regardless of intention to deceive. Misinformation that was intentionally meant to deceive was disinformation.

In 2366, after the android Data had been sent by Starfleet to the colony planet Tau Cygna V, inhabitants had been discussing why he came and Gosheven called a meeting to replace misinformation with fact. (TNG: "The Ensigns of Command")

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