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Ben Makuch

Russia shares AI images of Hurricane Milton as disinformation abounds in US

a house is surrounded by floodwater
A flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Milton passed through in Punta Gorda, Florida, on Thursday. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

As Hurricane Milton ripped across Florida, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, trolls and politicians alike spawned misinformation about the storm, questioning government preparations and calling it a “simulation” designed to hurt the Republican state.

But after it made landfall and exited into the Atlantic Ocean, there’s a new propaganda target among conspiracists: Walt Disney World in Orlando.

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