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Recent Examples of disinformation
The incident highlights how X continues to struggle with runaway disinformation.
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which tracks disinformation and online extremism, has been examining social media posts around the Iran war.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Mike Rothschild is a journalist and author specializing in conspiracy theories and disinformation.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The United States has banned some European researchers from entering the country and dismantled federal programs intended to fight foreign disinformation campaigns.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which tracks disinformation and online extremism, has been examining social media posts around the Iran war.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Mike Rothschild is a journalist and author specializing in conspiracy theories and disinformation.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The United States has banned some European researchers from entering the country and dismantled federal programs intended to fight foreign disinformation campaigns.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Still, the local workers believed Russia’s intense propaganda and blamed Kyiv and the West for their economic troubles.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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As propaganda goes, the patriotic programming was benign.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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