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Recent Examples of disinformation
Whether witting or unwitting, her worldview has been shaped by Russian disinformation for years.
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Elizabeth Shackelford, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the European Union has implemented measures to prevent the spread of disinformation, including deepfakes, via channels such as social media.
—Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Immunity to measles infections provided by the highly effective measles vaccine has fallen significantly due to anti-vax disinformation, leaving ~10 percent of the population susceptible to this highly transmissible virus.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The corporate caution is now greater, the president’s weapons more powerful, the tools of disinformation more plentiful and even some members of minority groups supposedly more autocrat-friendly.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Shackelford, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the European Union has implemented measures to prevent the spread of disinformation, including deepfakes, via channels such as social media.
—Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Immunity to measles infections provided by the highly effective measles vaccine has fallen significantly due to anti-vax disinformation, leaving ~10 percent of the population susceptible to this highly transmissible virus.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The corporate caution is now greater, the president’s weapons more powerful, the tools of disinformation more plentiful and even some members of minority groups supposedly more autocrat-friendly.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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