Meanings of spread disinformation in English

It also spread disinformation causing fear, which helped defeat Italian leftists.

Major social media platforms have been used to spread disinformation ahead of previous elections.

Security forces are now setting up twitter accounts to spread disinformation by posing as Iranian protesters.

It spread disinformation and sowed division, posing as US citizens online, violating laws and geopolitical norms.

They spread disinformation designed to hurt Hillary Clinton.

Echoing assessments of U.S. intelligence agencies, Clinton said the Russian government wanted to spread disinformation about her.

Russia has clearly been doing what it can to spread disinformation and support the rise of unorthodox politicians, perhaps including Trump himself.

Numerous examples of these celebrity scams have tried to find Australian victims, with Facebook posts and Google ads regular used to spread disinformation.

Twitspam has published a list of "fake Iran election Tweeters," whose fraudulent Twitter feeds spread disinformation, and try to incite violence.

Twenty-five are Russians accused of election interference either through hacking into Democratic accounts or orchestrating a social media campaign to spread disinformation on the internet.

Kremlin ally and cybersecurity mogul Eugene Kaspersky have all-but-accused the United States of using social media to spread disinformation, "manipulate crowds and change public opinion."

Tehran is also thought to be a major player in spreading disinformation.

Meanwhile, a European Union report accuses China of spreading disinformation about the crisis.

Video: Reuters Americans citizens spreading disinformation online that could disrupt this US election.

Mr Morrison also warned those who are spreading disinformation about the virus are "despicable".

If McAfee and King were trying to conceal their location by spreading disinformation, why immediately admit to it?