Meaning of infohazard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.
2. An information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.

Examples

“A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt you simply because you are aware of it. Yudkowsky uses the term 'infohazard'.”

“If a meme is any idea that gets in your head, then an "infohazard" is a meme that's actively harmful to its host.”

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