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Recent Examples of disinformation
Hen Mazzig is an Israeli author, activist and founder of the Tel Aviv Institute, which tracks antisemitism and anti-Israel disinformation.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
The problem isn’t just that people deliberately lie, spreading disinformation for personal or political gain.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
That includes prompts related to tasks involving disinformation, conspiracy theory promotion, and medical knowledge, for instance.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The measles vaccine has been the subject of a lot of misinformation and disinformation, says Martha Edwards, president of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Pediatrics.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
The problem isn’t just that people deliberately lie, spreading disinformation for personal or political gain.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
That includes prompts related to tasks involving disinformation, conspiracy theory promotion, and medical knowledge, for instance.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The measles vaccine has been the subject of a lot of misinformation and disinformation, says Martha Edwards, president of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Pediatrics.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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Grizzly also cited a Business Insider article from 2025 that reported Ottobock’s prosthetics were appearing in Russian media and propaganda channels for veteran care.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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His work, including the 2018 novel Mannelig in Chains (again available in English), is particularly relevant for its focus on historical memory, which speaks to the heart of Russian propaganda around the war in Ukraine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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