disinform

Example Sentences

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And that means delivering our democracy up to people so that they have the say, rather than corporations who can pay for 30-second ads to miss and disinform the public.

From Salon

In October, Macron told Variety deepfakes "can disinform, which can upset our democracies".

From BBC

Unregulated tech advances “can be weaponized to discriminate, disinform and divide,” Callamard said.

From Seattle Times

Wikipedia didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment but says in its online encyclopedia about censorship: “Since the early 2010s, Russian Wikipedia and its editors have experienced numerous and increasing threats of nationwide blocks and country-wide enforcement of blacklisting by the Russian government, as well as several attempts to censor pages, spread propaganda, and disinform.”

From Washington Times

"Russia knows this, but is deliberately trying to disinform. Independent research by scientists from groups such as the Royal Society has assessed that any impact to personal health and the environment from the use of depleted uranium munitions is likely to be low."

From BBC