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Recent Examples of disinformation
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Rahman is a security software engineer and likes to study disinformation patterns.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a term called the liar’s dividend, which describes an information environment where mis- and disinformation such as deepfakes become so prevalent that anyone accused of doing something awful can simply use them to cast doubt on genuine evidence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
And right here in Florida, intensifying disasters and disinformation combine to endanger our lives, damage our livelihoods, threaten our military communities and divide our citizens.
—Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Rahman is a security software engineer and likes to study disinformation patterns.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a term called the liar’s dividend, which describes an information environment where mis- and disinformation such as deepfakes become so prevalent that anyone accused of doing something awful can simply use them to cast doubt on genuine evidence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
And right here in Florida, intensifying disasters and disinformation combine to endanger our lives, damage our livelihoods, threaten our military communities and divide our citizens.
—Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Stereotypes about Arab men are easy to list thanks to decades of pop-culture propaganda that has othered them to the West and Middle Eastern films that often reflect more traditional views of masculinity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The group, whose name translates to The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous, has published propaganda videos showing attacks against mostly Jewish institutions since early March.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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