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by larnmar 2406 days ago
> A new menace: Disinformation—false information spread deliberately to deceive people—helped distort elections in 26 of the 30 countries studied that had national votes in the last year.

Describing disinformation as a “new menace” seems like... well, disinformation. I would assume that disinformation has reared its head in just about every election in history.