How to Use disinformation in a Sentence

disinformation

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  • The government used disinformation to gain support for the policy.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The long-beloved tool helped researchers and journalists track disinformation online and will be sorely missed.
    — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 28 Mar. 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
  • David Gilbert can be found wrangling all kinds of disinformation on social media @daithaigilbert.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The attacks on WeChat drew the attention of experts on disinformation campaigns by China and its proxies.
    — Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 15 July 2023
  • But the lack of concrete details gave rise to misinformation and disinformation, the sheer volume of which shocked experts.
    — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The source of disinformation can also often be difficult to identify, and a past case traced origins back to a student in Taiwan.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But online, the reports of crimes and the claims around them have been weaponized, with bad actors spreading disinformation designed to exploit one of our most basic instincts – to protect children.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Learn more Why are so many people susceptible to this type of disinformation?
    — Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
  • But that was a campaign that began four years ago, producing pre-AI disinformation.
    — Bruce Schneier, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Multiple studies have found that disinformation has increased on the platform since Musk took over.
    — WIRED, 6 Nov. 2023
  • These are the places where disinformation could wreak havoc on our democracy in November.
    — Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Twitter has pulled out from a voluntary agreement set by the European Union (EU) to stamp out online disinformation.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 29 May 2023
  • TikTok, a social network that critics allege is too close to the Chinese state, has removed 284 accounts linked to the Chinese disinformation campaign that Meta just shut down.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Becker and the study’s authors said early voting serves as a tool against disinformation about candidates and how to vote, among other benefits.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The hoax threat adds to a quickly growing collection of misinformation and disinformation that have been spread around the Israel-Hamas conflict.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, says someone is using A.I. to wage a disinformation campaign against it.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 1 May 2023
  • This film brought that process to life and the parents were really up for that because a big part of it to the parents was not just trying to hold Alex Jones to account, but also challenging that whole culture of disinformation and telling of lies.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Still, for now, there are some signs that eagle-eyed viewers can look out for — among other ways to flag potential visual disinformation without getting fooled.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The high-stakes trial, which will put a spotlight on Fox’s 2020 election denialism and the role of disinformation in American politics, is expected to last about six weeks.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And legislation aimed at curtailing the misuse of AI should include measures to prevent disinformation about climate change from spreading with the help of AI, the coalition writes.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The goal instead is to lend an aura of credibility to posts on social media spreading the disinformation.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024

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