Disinformation

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 3.1 anxiety · 4.8 anger · 31.3 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 50% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Italy (166)
• United States (133)
• Brazil (130)
• Russia (103)
• India (55)
• China (52)
• Ukraine (50)
• Israel (49)

Countries where Disinformation coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -1.2%, reader interest +6.6%.

Top recent articles

1. Flávio Bolsonaro grava propaganda em frente a Casas Bahia - 19/08/2026 - Política — uol.com.br
2. Sheinbaum ve Moralesten Cerimedoya suçlama — haberler.com
3. 煙火店と契約合意をしていないのに … 花火1万発以上と宣伝 打診があった店は 「 一切関わりたくない 」： 中日新聞Web — chunichi.co.jp
4. Revogação de liminar libera propaganda de Sirlange — jornalcruzeiro.com.br
5. QR - код може бути пасткою : кіберполіція попереджає закарпатців про шахрайську схему — mukachevo.net
6. TSE registra mil denúncias de propaganda irregular — imirante.com
7. Elmano e Ciro têm tempos diferentes na propaganda eleitoral — miseria.com.br
8. NBC warns against disinformation, hate speech ahead of 2027 polls — tribuneonlineng.com
9. Propaganda eleitoral no Ceará: TRE define tempo de rádio e TV — globo.com
10. Центр протидії дезінформації закликав українців не ігнорувати тривоги — glavcom.ua
11. TSE recebe mais de 1 mil denúncias de propaganda irregular em 4 dias — portalaz.com.br
12. Українців попередили про підготовку Росією нового обстрілу — news.bigmir.net
13. Wie politische Propaganda die KI überlistet : Trumps gescheiterter Ex - Berater manipuliert heute Chatbots — tagesspiegel.de
14. ГУР раскрыло данные о соратниках Владимира Соловьева , распространяющих фейки и собирающих дроны — dialog.ua
15. Aplicativo Pardal registra 15 denúncias de propaganda irregular no Piauí — meionews.com
16. TSE recebe mais de mil denúncias de propaganda eleitoral irregular em menos de quatro dias — poconet.com.br
17. Росія охоплена чергами за бензином та порожніми полицями : пропаганда безсильна перед реальністю — facenews.ua
18. Українців попередили про підготовку Росією нового обстрілу — ua.korrespondent.net
19. L'Italia è più forte, solo nella propaganda di Meloni — editorialedomani.it
20. TSE recebe uma denúncia a cada 5 minutos desde o início da propaganda eleitoral — gazetadopovo.com.br
21. ЦПД спростував фейк РФ про загородзагін ЗСУ на Харківщині новини LB . ua — lb.ua
22. NBC warns broadcasters, online publishers, others against election disinformation — theeagleonline.com.ng
23. Aplicativo Pardal recebe denúncias de propaganda eleitoral irregular — uol.com.br
24. NBC Warns Broadcasters, Publishers Against Disinformation — punchng.com
25. NBC warns broadcasters, online publishers, others against election disinformation — thenationonlineng.net
26. В Литве предложили создать механизм оценки угроз от российских артистов — news.mail.ru
27. Russische Desinformation vor den Wahlen : Bitte nicht in Panik verfallen ! — nw.de
28. TSE recebe mais de mil denúncias de propaganda eleitoral irregular em apenas quatro dias — globo.com
29. Kova dėl jaunų protų : kaip apsaugoti vaikus nuo propagandos ir dezinformacijos ? — diena.lt
30. Ракети срещу Безмер : има ли реална заплаха за България — dw.com
31. Fake - Seiten von Medien vor Landtagswahlen für Desinformation missbraucht : Auch SZ ist betroffen — sueddeutsche.de
32. SAHRC Calls for Stronger Support for Independent Media to Combat Disinformation » SANEF — sanef.org.za
33. Thái Nguyên vận động người dân giao nộp vũ khí tự chế — baomoi.com
34. Tin tức Tin liên quan - Hình ảnh và video clip nóng mới nhất — baomoi.com
35. TRE-BA divulga cartilha com orientações para eleitorado sobre veiculação de propaganda eleitoral — bahianoticias.com.br
36. Intromissioni russe nella politica svizzera — rsi.ch
37. Kova dėl jaunų protų : kaip apsaugoti vaikus nuo propagandos ir dezinformacijos ? — kauno.diena.lt
38. ЦПД спростував заяви про продаж Україною західної зброї терористам новини LB . ua — lb.ua
39. Dezinformacja o śmierci żołnierzy NATO . Fałszywy materiał zdobył setki tysięcy wyświetleń — bankier.pl
40. Spann warns Alabamians of hurricane disinformation 'cesspool' on social media — yellowhammernews.com

Headlines link to the original publishers. Geotone indexes coverage metadata only and never reproduces article text.

Related fact-checks

• Videos show crowds of people gathered around One Nation banners in Sydney Harbour and in fields.
  False. The videos are AI generated.AAP · 2026-08-14
• Commonwealth Games swimmers have clashed over a cheating allegation.
  False. The spat is fabricated and the quotes in the story are fake.AAP · 2026-08-10
• "The Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling considered one of the most prominent decisions in the migration file, prohibiting the immediate deportation of irregular migrants..."
  False.DW.com · 2026-08-05
• Various Australian politicians have launched legal action against the ABC.
  False. The legal cases do not exist and the quotes attributed to politicians are fabricated.AAP · 2026-06-26
• Facebook pages are reporting eye-catching stories about Australian TV host Natalie Barr.
  False. The stories are AI-generated fakes.AAP · 2026-06-22

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Disinformation receiving right now?

As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.006% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 2 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Disinformation increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is steady 1.2% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Disinformation?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.05, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.