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Recent Examples of disinformation
Advertisement Advertisement In order to manipulate the truth, authoritarian leaders cultivate those who either willingly or inadvertently defend the authoritarian agenda by undermining research on disinformation and misinformation.
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Sander Van Der Linden, Time, 6 May 2025
Specifically, Beattie was targeting the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) hub, which the State Department shut down this year and the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which was shut down in 2024—both of which focused on tracking foreign disinformation campaigns.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Through unprecedented courtroom access and profound interviews, the film explores both the power and limitations of the legal process in
combating monetized disinformation, while asking why conspiratorial thinking has taken
such a deep hold in American society.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
To exercise greater control and suppress dissent, regimes in the Middle East now spread disinformation through social media and surveil political opponents through GPS trackers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Sander Van Der Linden, Time, 6 May 2025
Specifically, Beattie was targeting the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) hub, which the State Department shut down this year and the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which was shut down in 2024—both of which focused on tracking foreign disinformation campaigns.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Through unprecedented courtroom access and profound interviews, the film explores both the power and limitations of the legal process in
combating monetized disinformation, while asking why conspiratorial thinking has taken
such a deep hold in American society.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
To exercise greater control and suppress dissent, regimes in the Middle East now spread disinformation through social media and surveil political opponents through GPS trackers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Image Warring sides have spread lies and propaganda for as long as there has been armed conflict.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Survivors Mark Auschwitz 80th Liberation Anniversary By Sophie Clark Live News Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 1 Workers inside Argentina's Supreme Court uncovered a trove of Nazi propaganda hidden inside of old champagne boxes.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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