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Recent Examples of disinformation
Moldova’s pro-EU government secured a majority in an election marred by accusations of Russian disinformation.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Hybrid attacks usually employ a combination of actions such as sabotage, disinformation, espionage and cyberattacks.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The Venezuelan leader denied involvement in drug trafficking and accused Washington of spreading disinformation to justify armed conflict.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Eddie Mulholland / Pool via Getty Images In the wake of the attack, in which 10 other children were seriously hurt, disinformation spread on social media, wrongly identifying the assailant as a Muslim asylum seeker.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Hybrid attacks usually employ a combination of actions such as sabotage, disinformation, espionage and cyberattacks.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The Venezuelan leader denied involvement in drug trafficking and accused Washington of spreading disinformation to justify armed conflict.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Eddie Mulholland / Pool via Getty Images In the wake of the attack, in which 10 other children were seriously hurt, disinformation spread on social media, wrongly identifying the assailant as a Muslim asylum seeker.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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The deal is the result of a bill that Congress passed last year, based on fears that China was collecting the user data of Americans and using the platform for surveillance and propaganda.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Although violent crime had largely declined in America’s urban centers in recent years, Musk embraced propaganda about violent Democrat-run cities.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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