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Synonyms for disinformation
dɪsˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən, ˌdɪs ɪn-dis·in·for·ma·tion

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  1. disinformationnoun

    misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)

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  1. Graham Shellenberger:

    Most of Russia's propaganda and disinformation about Ukraine for the last eight years, but certainly in the last couple of months, is focused on the Russian domestic population. That is their number one target.

  2. Boris Johnson:

    What we decided ... was that we were going to set up a G7 group that would look at Russian malign behavior in all its manifestations - whether it's cyber warfare, whether it's disinformation, assassination attempts, whatever it happens to be, and collectively try to call it out.

  3. Erik Nisbet:

    The Ukrainian ability to counter Russian disinformation with its more organic, citizen-driven narratives has been impressive.

  4. Thomas Rid:

    This Iranian active measures campaign shows that third-party adversaries have learned a lesson from 2016, disinformation works, and This Iranian active measures campaign works best when combining social media with old-school local newspaper outreach, whether this lesson is accurate is another question.

  5. Adam Schiff:

    Transparency continues to be the most effective tool in combating the malign behavior of foreign adversaries who intend to mislead and divide the American public through social media, ..., Facebooks takedown of Iran-linked malign influence pages and accounts is further evidence that such deceptive campaigns are worldwide in ambition. This requires a level of vigilance about disinformation operations that we could not have predicted only a few years ago.


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