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Information pollution
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<p>Information pollution (also referred to as info pollution) is the contamination of an <a href="/facts/Information/3LdrzXtJ">information</a> supply with irrelevant, redundant, unsolicited, hampering, and low-value information. Examples include <a href="/facts/Misinformation/L8N5r8np">misinformation</a>, <a href="/facts/Junk_e-mail/ARJr6Aem">junk e-mail</a>, and <a href="/facts/Media_violence/Y9eD21Tm">media violence</a>. </p><p>The spread of useless and undesirable information can have a detrimental effect on human activities. It is considered to be an adverse effect of the <a href="/facts/Information_revolution/l4g8Icnf">information revolution</a>. </p>