as in lie
information that is not completely true or accurate
a company accused of providing misinformation to its shareholders
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Recent Examples of misinformation
Vaishnaw outlined a fourfold strategy that includes implementable global frameworks, trusted AI infrastructure, regulation of harmful misinformation and stronger human and technical capacity to hedge the impact.
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Emmanuel Macron equated territorial sovereignty with the rights of the French to police their own misinformation and democracy.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
The current parameters of pop spectatorship and the content mill that drives it online — with blind items, hate trains, and misinformation — have made it so that no artist can really control the conversation around them.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
One thing that is crucial in these sorts of scenarios is to avoid spreading misinformation.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Emmanuel Macron equated territorial sovereignty with the rights of the French to police their own misinformation and democracy.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
The current parameters of pop spectatorship and the content mill that drives it online — with blind items, hate trains, and misinformation — have made it so that no artist can really control the conversation around them.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
One thing that is crucial in these sorts of scenarios is to avoid spreading misinformation.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misinformation
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What is the truth, what is the lie, and how photography historically borrows the sense of truth and reality in order to tell lies, in order to seduce people to do things.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Any lies will come back to haunt you sooner rather than later.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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That’s textbook misrepresentation.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fundamental flaw in the TrumpRx model lies in a misunderstanding — or perhaps a willful misrepresentation — of how most Americans pay for their prescription medications.—
Ryan N. Hansen,
STAT,
5 Feb. 2026
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Second-year associate Babcock won the appeal, a landmark ruling that established qualified First Amendment privilege for reporters in civil libel cases.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy's attorneys are claiming defamation both in the form of libel and slander, and are alleging civil conspiracy to make false accusations, along with assault, battery, and more.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Misinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misinformation. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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