How to Use disinformation in a Sentence

disinformation

noun
  • The government used disinformation to gain support for the policy.
  • Imagine what similar disinformation can be doing to kids.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • These bots cost almost nothing to operate, and so reduce the cost of generating disinformation to zero.
    Gary Marcus, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But such a method incorporates a wicked risk for disinformation operators.
    Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That will mean studying the ways misinformation and disinformation spread and scouring social media to flag falsehoods that gain traction.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor dec. 20, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The technology is complex enough—and simpler forms of disinformation are spread so easily—that synthetic media hasn’t seen widespread use.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • That’s not to diminish concerns about synthetic media and disinformation.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • And an ordinary roadside encounter sparks a wildfire of internet disinformation.
    John Riley, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • For example, towards the end of the debate, Vance was questioned about his fear that disinformation mitigation is an infringement of the first amendment.
    Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This week is set to bring a major test of modern freedom of the press in an era of disinformation.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Over the past decade, Russian disinformation efforts have evolved to keep up with the current web trends, Watts says.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Since Califf took over a year ago, the FDA has set its sights on social-media disinformation as a public-health scourge.
    Fiona Rutherford, Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • There was already enough evidence of scams, rugpulls, disinformation, and fraud to make anyone wary of the blockchain for the next decade at least.
    WIRED, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Biden’s campaign at the time said it had been referred to the attorney general, and slammed the call as disinformation.
    David Wright, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Any public statement by Prigozhin, who claims openly to be in the business of disinformation, should be taken with a grain of salt, Rid said.
    Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This tracks with the rise of pundits and politicians who have tried to erode public trust in media, along with the rise in disinformation campaigns about climate change.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 May 2024
  • The tools that worked in Syria will not be identical to disinformation campaigns in Europe or the United States.
    Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Since Musk bought Twitter and relaxed policing of what users post, hate speech and disinformation have increased on the service.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • So, many people feel uncertain and insignificant, and social media is flooded with disinformation and groups of extremists who will invite them into a movement.
    Thor Benson, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Trust and safety, the teams that keep mis- and disinformation and hate speech off the platforms, have been particularly hard hit.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
  • With all the good that the internet has brought, there’s so much pain and misinformation and disinformation.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • It’s made a lot of errors summarizing the news, and it’s been called out for spreading election disinformation.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The long-beloved tool helped researchers and journalists track disinformation online and will be sorely missed.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Some of the disinformation comes in the form of two videos that have been disseminated since late August, Microsoft said.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Carlson has been spreading lies and disinformation on Fox News for years, much to the delight of viewers who would rather have their beliefs confirmed than be presented with the truth.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the videos are deceptive while others, wrongly purporting to be from the war zone, are outright disinformation.
    Brian Stelter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The science of climate change, which has already been the subject of decades of disinformation, faces an even bigger challenge fighting back against bad-faith actors.
    Doug Gordon, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Journalistic publishing standards had to shift in the wake of the 2016 race, when Russia’s hacking and disinformation efforts played a role in the outcome of the election.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • David Gilbert can be found wrangling all kinds of disinformation on social media @daithaigilbert.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Chowdhury said the group also failed to adequately address the use of AI in election campaigns and to spread disinformation.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2024

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