Which risk describes spread of deepfakes and misinformation affecting public opinion or elections?

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Spread of deepfakes and misinformation that sway public opinion or elections is a societal risk tied to misinformation. When false content can be produced and shared at scale, it undermines trust in information, polarizes communities, and can distort democratic processes like voting. This impact is on society as a whole—the institutions, discourse, and public decision-making—rather than just on individuals or on economic metrics.

Economic societal risk would focus on effects to the economy—markets, productivity, or financial stability—rather than truth and trust in information. Global Inequality concerns disparities between groups or regions, not the spread of deceptive content affecting public life. Individual Risk looks at harms to a single person, not broad societal effects. So the best-fit categorization is Societal Risk - Misinformation.