[benpiper]

The very term "disinformation" is problematic because people use it too loosely. Disinformation is another word for propaganda, or information intended to deceive. The author of the post seems to use it correctly.

But people often use the term as a pejorative for any information that goes against their groupthink, regardless of whether the information is true or false. In the latter case, they're actually using the term "disinformation" as propaganda, ironically. The same is true of the term "fact check," which many of us identified as a red flag for propaganda years ago when it first started appearing.