disinformation
Example Sentences
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The issue for Constance de Saint Laurent, a professor at Ireland's Maynooth University, "is not so much that people believe" disinformation, it is "that they see real news and they don't trust it anymore."
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The tips and tricks I use to avoid being taken in by sloppy A.I.-generated content are the same that have always existed for combating disinformation, and were honed mainly during my humanities degree.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
“Social media has become a failed state, a place where laws are ignored and crime is endured, where disinformation is worth more than truth,” Sánchez told a conference in Dubai in February.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
A few years later, a disinformation watchdog said the app allowed suspicious figures to identify and track security personnel working at secretive bases in Israel.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
He could not risk sending disinformation to Moscow—he wanted this second source as a backup to Fuchs’s material.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.