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Recent Examples of disinformation
In 2019, large outbreaks in New York threatened elimination status; those outbreaks were concentrated in Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Rockland County that had been targeted with anti-vaccine disinformation for years.
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Researchers such as those at the Cognition, Narrative, and Culture Lab at Florida International University are developing advanced AI tools to identify disinformation campaigns that use narrative persuasion to influence public perception and behavior.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
This approach is not only effective in combating misinformation and disinformation, but also in delaying or preventing the onset of harmful behaviors.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
The disinformation campaign was therefore not only aimed at an aircraft, but more broadly at a national image of strategic autonomy, industrial reliability and solid partnerships.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Researchers such as those at the Cognition, Narrative, and Culture Lab at Florida International University are developing advanced AI tools to identify disinformation campaigns that use narrative persuasion to influence public perception and behavior.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
This approach is not only effective in combating misinformation and disinformation, but also in delaying or preventing the onset of harmful behaviors.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
The disinformation campaign was therefore not only aimed at an aircraft, but more broadly at a national image of strategic autonomy, industrial reliability and solid partnerships.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Hanák’s film upset the authorities for seeming to show the impoverishing effects of living under Communism, a big propaganda no-no at the time.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
12 July 2025
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The Supreme Leader’s speeches and propaganda are available in eight languages on his website.—
Roya Boroumand,
Time,
9 July 2025
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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