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Recent Examples of disinformation
Transparency is the best defense against disinformation.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Beyond Politics: Deepfake Dread Takes Hold Of The Private Sector
While the lion's share of media coverage about deepfakes remains squarely focused on their use as political disinformation tools, the public sector is not alone in feeling the effects of this novel technology.
—Eyal Benishti, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Breeding grounds for misinformation—and its even more treacherous sibling, disinformation—have proliferated.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
But Frances-Wright and others who track online extremism and disinformation said language glorifying violence against women or celebrating the possibility of their rights being stripped away has spiked since the election.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Beyond Politics: Deepfake Dread Takes Hold Of The Private Sector
While the lion's share of media coverage about deepfakes remains squarely focused on their use as political disinformation tools, the public sector is not alone in feeling the effects of this novel technology.
—Eyal Benishti, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Breeding grounds for misinformation—and its even more treacherous sibling, disinformation—have proliferated.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
But Frances-Wright and others who track online extremism and disinformation said language glorifying violence against women or celebrating the possibility of their rights being stripped away has spiked since the election.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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