disinformation

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as in propaganda

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Recent Examples of disinformation That means companies and organizations do not have the luxury of spending hours debating how to respond to a developing crisis or controversy while others fill the void with their opinions, disinformation, and misinformation. — Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Ministers think that promoting public service media on influential platforms like YouTube will reflect changing viewing habits, as well as combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation on these services. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026 But these days, at one of Ukraine’s most prestigious universities, the likes of Pushkin, Chekhov, and Dostoyevsky have given way to such topics as Russian disinformation and propaganda, how its foreign intelligence operates, and understanding Russia’s elites and oligarchy. — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026 The Council’s report states that Europe has entered an era of permanent systemic rupture due to wars, geopolitical fragmentation, disinformation, AI disruption, democratic backsliding, social inequalities, erosion of trust, and institutional fatigue. — Wendell Wallach, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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propaganda
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  • These clips, showing first-person views from drones striking military and logistical sites, have become a pillar of Ukraine’s wartime propaganda efforts to illustrate battlefield successes against Russia.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Finally, reality itself has a way of fighting back against lies and propaganda.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
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