Abstract
This paper deals with the concept of disinformation in the light of historical experiences and with a special focus on documents of the European Union. As the specific elements of a definition of disinformation are rather unclear and leave significant space for interpretation, there is a risk of human rights violations, especially of the freedom of expression.
As for the truthfulness of an information, the strict categorisation of certain content as true or false is a dangerous simplification of standard communication processes. The truthfulness of expressions should be viewed as a continuum rather than in terms of a simplistic binary model.
We recommend to avoid the term disinformation in legal documents.