disinformation

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Encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram were also identified as key channels where disinformation can originate before spreading to mainstream platforms.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The issue for Constance de Saint Laurent, a professor at Ireland's Maynooth University, "is not so much that people believe" disinformation, it is "that they see real news and they don't trust it anymore."

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The tips and tricks I use to avoid being taken in by sloppy A.I.-generated content are the same that have always existed for combating disinformation, and were honed mainly during my humanities degree.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

“Social media has become a failed state, a place where laws are ignored and crime is endured, where disinformation is worth more than truth,” Sánchez told a conference in Dubai in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might just be playing me for a fool.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline