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Ethics, consent & accountability · Working

Misrepresentation

ELI5

Presenting a person, event, group or fact in a materially misleading way.

Used in conversation

“The review flagged the misrepresentation in the way the people or material were represented.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Misrepresentation” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.