It is a lovely French neologism to capture what English refers to as “false news” or old-fashioned “misinformation”.
mot-valise créé à partir d’information (info) et d’intoxication (intox) qui signifie information fallacieuse
https://dictionary.reverso.net/french-definition/infox
I like the conflation of information and toxicity in one word.
And so for day 2667
02.04.2014