Disinformation is fake information that is designed to harm or confuse someone. Disinformation can be spread by governments, political parties, or other organizations.
The government is disseminating disinformation to try to discredit the opposition.
The political party is disseminating disinformation to try to win votes.
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misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)
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In fact, disinformation was often utilized in the multilateral propaganda war.
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This is the reason for the political disinformation.
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The literature has a lot of disinformation.
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I have deleted disinformation to the contrary.
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Disinformation is the deliberate dissemination of false information.
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Are there sources that cover the disinformation campaigning on the other side
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Better to be short on information than purvey disinformation.
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The Card and Krueger disinformation is only part of the problem.
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The aim of those Troll Squads is intimidation and disinformation.
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This is possibly the clearest evidence of spreading disinformation and opinion.