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Recent Examples of disinformation
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Even preschoolers there are taught to spot the online disinformation that characterizes 21st-century hybrid warfare.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Rahman is a security software engineer and likes to study disinformation patterns.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a term called the liar’s dividend, which describes an information environment where mis- and disinformation such as deepfakes become so prevalent that anyone accused of doing something awful can simply use them to cast doubt on genuine evidence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Even preschoolers there are taught to spot the online disinformation that characterizes 21st-century hybrid warfare.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Rahman is a security software engineer and likes to study disinformation patterns.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a term called the liar’s dividend, which describes an information environment where mis- and disinformation such as deepfakes become so prevalent that anyone accused of doing something awful can simply use them to cast doubt on genuine evidence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Should Iran's leadership, military organizations and propaganda outlets enjoy unrestricted access to American technology platforms?—
Steven Stalinsky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Gorgon added Ghazali was inspired by Hezbollah propaganda to carry out the attack.—
Holmes Lybrand,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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