disinformation
false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, disseminated by a government or intelligence agency in a hostile act of tactical political subversion: Soviet disinformation drove a wedge between the United States and its Indonesian allies.
deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda: Special interest groups muddied the waters of the debate, spreading disinformation on social media.
Origin of disinformation
1- Compare misinformation.
Words Nearby disinformation
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How to use disinformation in a sentence
Putting Verify’s brand in different formats and onto new platforms will allow its fact-checking content to reach more people in local communities vulnerable to misinformation and disinformation, which is false information spread regardless of intent.
Why local broadcaster Tegna is making a big bet on its fact-checking vertical Verify | Sara Guaglione | February 12, 2021 | DigidayOne of the most prolific sources of vaccine disinformation, Doctores por la Verdad, or Doctors for Truth, appears to have started in Spain and moved to Argentina and a dozen other countries, peddling myths that eventually reached the United States.
Among Latino immigrants, false vaccine claims are spreading as fast as the virus | Teo Armus | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostMeanwhile, Democrats tend to be intent on changing Section 230 to suppress extremist speech, ad messages or disinformation that could lead to harassment or harm against vulnerable people.
Cheat sheet: U.S. lawmakers propose Section 230 reforms to regulate online paid speech | Kate Kaye | February 10, 2021 | DigidayMost dangerously, the disinformation often contains a grain of truth to make it more believable.
The U.S. Military Needs to Fight Extremism in Its Own Ranks. Here's How | James Stavridis | February 5, 2021 | TimeToday, like the 1940s, we must confront dangerous concentrations of unaccountable media power and attendant disinformation about public health, elections, insurrections and other life and death issues.
The Fairness Doctrine won’t solve our problems — but it can foster needed debate | Victor Pickard | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
He said the news of his appointment was not true, that it was disinformation spread by “some intelligence agency and my rivals.”
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe founder of Valor por Tamaulipas disputes this version of events and has characterized it as disinformation.
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder. | Jason McGahan | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt your press conference yesterday, you referred to Russian disinformation concerning the Ukrainian situation.
Inside ‘Maidan’: Sergei Loznitsa on His Ukrainian Uprising Doc and Putin’s ‘Fascist’ Regime | Richard Porton | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, with all due respect to the Putinized founts of disinformation, that is not where things stand at the moment.
Bernard-Henri Levy: Ukraine’s Revolutionaries Are Not Fascists | Bernard-Henri Lévy | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne suggested explanation, has been the surge of unchecked disinformation available online.
Sir David Attenborough: Enough With the Creationists and Climate Change Deniers! | Nico Hines | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDeception, misinformation, and disinformation are key components in this assault on the will and understanding of the opponent.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanDeception, disinformation, and misinformation will become major elements of this systemic approach.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanMiddlemen thrive of disinformation, misinformation and lack of information.
After the Rain | Sam VakninDeception, disinformation, and misinformation would be applied massively.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanDeception, disinformation, and guile are more crucial in this regime.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. Ullman
British Dictionary definitions for disinformation
/ (ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃən) /
false information intended to deceive or mislead
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