disinformation agent
Paid false narrator
A disinformation agent is someone who deliberately spreads false or misleading information, typically on behalf of a government, organization, or political interest.
The term implies coordinated deception rather than innocent error: Foreign disinformation agents flooded social media with fake stories before the election.
In casual use, it's often an accusation hurled at anyone perceived as spreading propaganda, whether or not they're actually working for someone.
- propagandistPusher of biased messaging
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- troll farmOrganized disinformation operation
- operativeCovert field agent
- bad actorMalevolent participant
shill · bot · handler · state actor · mole · psyop · infiltrator · sleeper · asset · useful idiot · spook · plant · sockpuppet · provocateur · false flag · saboteur · shadow network · spy
- propagandistspropagandist, Joseph Goebbels, Tokyo Rose, mouthpiece, shill
- Online Manipulatorstroll, bot, shill, sock puppet, sockpuppet
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers
disinformation agentwhistleblower
Insider who reports misconduct
truth-teller · fact-checker · debunker · investigative journalist · muckraker
disinformation agentmedia watchdog
Group monitoring journalism standards
disinformation, agent, information, inform, informant, informer, informative, misinformation, informed