There is no doubt these categories are by necessity blurry at the edges; a
disinformation campaign may leverage an existing misconception spreading
organically, or an effort to bring attention to a certain point of view may
strategically frame the truth or even shade into falsehood. Issues frequently
bleed across the fuzzy boundary between “political” and “nonpolitical”
discourse, such as debunked theories around the dangers of vaccines
promoted by “antivax” activists. However, through this rough framework,
this section seeks to offer background context around some of the activities
that have provided the impetus for recent calls for legislative and regulatory
action on online disinformation.

Disinformation from State Actors
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