disinformation

noun

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as in propaganda

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Recent Examples of disinformation The same channels that connected people and lifted small businesses were also fueling disinformation, eroding trust and democratic debate, and weighing on teenagers’ mental health. — Quentin Bordage, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Sánchez, who faces an election next year, has said a misinterpretation of a Supreme Court ruling and disinformation on social media encouraged people to rush the border. — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 State and nonstate actors have long used physical sabotage against critical infrastructure, disinformation, and offensive cyber-operations to weaken their adversaries below the threshold of conventional warfare. — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 Misinformation and disinformation competing with news from actual journalists. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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propaganda
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  • For more than four years, neither country has managed to establish rules and laws to stop Russian citizens who have supported Putin’s aggression against Ukraine from sharing war propaganda within their borders.
    — Dominik Hasek, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For 20 years, Russian propaganda has portrayed Washington and all of Europe as the country’s enemies.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
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