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: 24.8 anxiety · 7.5 anger · 30.4 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 2026-10-04). Tone split: 33.3% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Brazil (286)
• Italy (284)
• United States (259)
• Russia (203)
• Ukraine (94)
• Israel (94)
• India (79)
• United Kingdom (75)

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 +5.7%, reader interest -2.3%.

Top recent articles

1. ¿Hambre cero o propaganda política? — almomento.net
2. Cidade tinha 253 denúncias de propaganda irregular até sexta — jornalcruzeiro.com.br
3. Lei proíbe propaganda nas redes neste domingo de eleição — diariodosudoeste.com.br
4. Global press freedom group warns of China's growing propaganda network on Greek social media — mangalorean.com
5. Maher: Media Reluctant to Call Terrorism Terrorism, But Hamas Propaganda Is 'Fast-Tracked' — breitbart.com
6. Eleições 2026: propaganda eleitoral nas ruas termina às 22h deste sábado (3) — portalodia.com
7. Eleições: propaganda eleitoral nas ruas termina às 22h deste sábado | Brasil — ig.com.br
8. Denúncias de propaganda irregular quase dobram em 2026, antes mesmo do 1º turno — r7.com
9. Eleições 2026: região de Piracicaba soma 472 denúncias de propaganda — globo.com
10. Propaganda eleitoral nas ruas e na internet termina às 22h deste sábado em todo o país — regiaonoroeste.com
11. Sohlberg, CEC rule Itamar Ben-Gvir prison video election propaganda — jpost.com
12. Propaganda eleitoral nas ruas termina às 22h deste sábado — correiodopovo.com.br
13. Eleições: propaganda eleitoral nas ruas termina neste sábado — imirante.com
14. Petrópolis teve 165 denúncias de propaganda eleitoral irregular | Petrópolis — ig.com.br
15. Flydubai terror suspect had pro-al Qaeda propaganda on LinkedIn, was removed from Oman Air over extremism — humanevents.com
16. Israel struggles to counter AI-powered foreign disinformation campaigns — jpost.com
17. Gilmar libera propaganda eleitoral que liga Moro a defesa do aborto — conjur.com.br
18. Propaganda de Lula associa eleição de Flávio a avanço de milícias | Brasil — ig.com.br
19. 51 ŞÜPHELİ YAKALANDI! DEAŞ'a 16 ilde operasyon: Örgüte finans sağladıkları ve propaganda yaptıkları belirlendi! — son.tv
20. Com 6.600 denúncias no Estado, propaganda de rua toma a região - 03/10/2026 — dgabc.com.br
21. വ്യാജ പ്രചാരണം; നിയമനടപടിക്ക് ഒരുങ്ങി കെ. സുധാകരൻ, ആഭ്യന്തരമന്ത്രി രമേശ് ചെന്നിത്തലക്ക് കത്ത് നല്‍കി | Fake Propaganda: Sudhakaran Seeks Legal Action — madhyamam.com
22. Maher: Media Reluctant to Call Terrorism Terrorism, But Hamas Propaganda Is 'Fast-Tracked' — breitbart.com
23. Deputado federal lidera denúncias de propaganda irregular em Sorocaba — globo.com
24. Gilmar libera propaganda que insinua que Moro é abortista - 03/10/2026 - Brasília Hoje — uol.com.br
25. IŞİD'in finans ve propaganda ağına operasyon: 16 ilde 51 şüpheli yakalandı — odatv.com
26. Gilmar derruba resposta de Moro e libera propaganda sobre aborto — globo.com
27. COMMENTARY: Call it propaganda or a PSA, Trump's latest ad blitz is paid for by you — newstribune.com
28. Janaina usa tempo de propaganda de Medeiros e dispara; Gastam tempo para me calar — poconet.com.br
29. Sentenza Regeni Propaganda Live in diretta | 10 anni a tre agenti egiziani — zazoom.it
30. Slopaganda. Tania, bełkotliwa propaganda nowej ery zalewa Polskę — press.pl
31. Uçak BAE'den, kahraman Hindistan'dan, propaganda İsrail'den… — haber7.com
32. Dal falso bagno di folla di Stalin a Berlino alle parole di Putin: così la propaganda distorce la realtà — ilfattoquotidiano.it
33. Donald Trump Cranks Up His Propaganda Ad Blitz — thedailybeast.com
34. ఏఐ పాటలతో.. ఉక్రెయిన్‌పై రష్యా కొత్త ప్రచారాస్త్రం.! | Russia Ukraine war ai music propaganda BSB — andhrajyothy.com
35. Puigdemont qualifica de "propaganda obscena" la polèmica pels decrets d'habitatge i acusa el PSOE de cinisme — vilaweb.cat
36. Strengthen life writing to counter lies, disinformation, revisionist narratives — standardmedia.co.ke
37. Propaganda na TV acaba com ataques e disputa por eleitoras - 02/10/2026 - Política — uol.com.br
38. Neo-Nazi propaganda found outside Belleville synagogue days after shooting — israelnationalnews.com
39. TRE condena Taques ao pagamento de R$ 30 mil em multas por propaganda eleitoral irregular contra Mauro — olhardireto.com.br
40. A group of U.S. Senators led, by Tammy Baldwin, Warns Against Federal Election Interference — whsm.com

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Related fact-checks

• Social media posts report on heated debates between high-profile political figures.
  False. The claimed encounters did not happen and the quotes have been fabricated.AAP · 2026-09-23
• Senator Fatima Payman called Natalie Barr a racist during a TV interview.
  False. The interview did not occur and the quotes have been fabricated.AAP · 2026-09-22
• Emma Caulfield, Julia Roberts join the #AllDemocratsAreCriminals campaign
  FalseAFP Fact Check · 2026-09-15
• Pauline Hanson and Anthony Albanese traded insults during a live televised debate.
  False. The quotes attributed to the politicians have been fabricated by a foreign-run disinformation operation.AAP · 2026-09-01
• Sydney Swans player Isaac Heeney has been photographed in tears at a press conference.
  False. The image is AI-generated.AAP · 2026-08-28

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 October 4, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.021% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 6 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Disinformation increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 5.7% 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 -2.19, 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 three 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.