disinformation

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Recent Examples of disinformation Scamlands deals with the ethics of disinformation and manipulation in the digital age. Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 The Indian government also has produced disinformation to target and smear civil rights groups fighting to protect Californians from caste discrimination. Mohammed Jawad, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 Chiefly would be a massive disinformation campaign to stir up pro-PRC and other elements to urge negotiating a surrender. Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Obvious disinformation, but not entirely wrong. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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propaganda
Noun
  • That stark reality forced both sides to wage slash-and-burn propaganda campaigns designed to sow doubt and disinformation among their enemies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • One year later, that same propaganda fell flat with voters in numerous key races — rejections not only of the GOP’s virulent transphobia, but rhetoric from centrist Democrats who blamed trans rights issues for the party’s losses.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025

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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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