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Recent Examples of disinformation
In some cases, according to the Thomson Foundation, disinformation leads directly to attacks.
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The rapid growth and use of AI tools, coupled with the lack of regulation, supercharges mis- and disinformation and greatly impacts efforts to address all these threats and exacerbates every other impending disaster, Holz said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Deadline hears that the British national broadcaster is closing four jobs as part of the cost-cutting decision, which has been bemoaned internally amid rising disinformation online.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
The scientists underscored the significance of AI technology and how it’s used to supercharge disinformation.
—Philip Wang, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The rapid growth and use of AI tools, coupled with the lack of regulation, supercharges mis- and disinformation and greatly impacts efforts to address all these threats and exacerbates every other impending disaster, Holz said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Deadline hears that the British national broadcaster is closing four jobs as part of the cost-cutting decision, which has been bemoaned internally amid rising disinformation online.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
The scientists underscored the significance of AI technology and how it’s used to supercharge disinformation.
—Philip Wang, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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In December, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show, a war reporter for the Kremlin’s main propaganda channel asked why the military had failed to develop its own version of this weapon after nearly four years of war.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the Olympic Games long have been a platform for politics and protest, from the Nazi propaganda in 1936 to the black-gloved fists of John Carlos and Tommie Smith in 1968 to the Munich massacre four years later.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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