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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Response" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Response"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Response</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Response-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Response subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Response-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Responses_from_cultural_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Responses_from_cultural_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Responses from cultural leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Responses_from_cultural_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ethics_in_warfare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ethics_in_warfare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Ethics in warfare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ethics_in_warfare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Research</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Research-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Research subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Consequences_of_exposure_to_disinformation_online" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Consequences_of_exposure_to_disinformation_online"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Consequences of exposure to disinformation online</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consequences_of_exposure_to_disinformation_online-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alternative_perspectives_and_critiques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_perspectives_and_critiques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Alternative perspectives and critiques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_perspectives_and_critiques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strategies_for_spreading_disinformation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strategies_for_spreading_disinformation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Strategies for spreading disinformation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Strategies_for_spreading_disinformation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Strategies for spreading disinformation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Strategies_for_spreading_disinformation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Disinformation_attack" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disinformation_attack"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Disinformation attack</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disinformation_attack-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Internet_manipulation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internet_manipulation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Internet manipulation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internet_manipulation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exploiting_online_advertising_technologies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exploiting_online_advertising_technologies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Exploiting online advertising technologies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exploiting_online_advertising_technologies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84" title="تضليل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تضليل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformaci%C3%B3n" title="Desinformación – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Desinformación" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezinformasiya" title="Dezinformasiya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dezinformasiya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="অপতথ্যের বিস্তার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অপতথ্যের বিস্তার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Дэзынфармацыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэзынфармацыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Дэзынфармацыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дэзынфармацыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Дезинформация – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дезинформация" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezinformacija" title="Dezinformacija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Dezinformacija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformaci%C3%B3" title="Desinformació – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Desinformació" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezinformace" title="Dezinformace – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dezinformace" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyllwybodaeth" title="Twyllwybodaeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Twyllwybodaeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformation" title="Desinformation – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Desinformation" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformation" title="Desinformation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Desinformation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformatsioon" title="Desinformatsioon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Desinformatsioon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Παραπληροφόρηση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παραπληροφόρηση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformaci%C3%B3n" title="Desinformación – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Desinformación" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsita_informo" title="Falsita informo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Falsita informo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desinformazio" title="Desinformazio – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Desinformazio" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%BA%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="دروغ‌رسانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دروغ‌رسانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sinformation" title="Désinformation – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Désinformation" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AD%EC%A0%95%EB%B3%B4" title="역정보 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="역정보" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ապատեղեկատվություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ապատեղեկատվություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="दुस्सूचना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="दुस्सूचना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezinformacija" title="Dezinformacija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dezinformacija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformasi" title="Disinformasi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Disinformasi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkohlisa" title="Inkohlisa – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Inkohlisa" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformazione" title="Disinformazione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Disinformazione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94" title="דיסאינפורמציה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דיסאינפורמציה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Дезинформация – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дезинформация" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Дезинформация – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дезинформация" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezinform%C4%81cija" title="Dezinformācija – Latvian" lang="lv" 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title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">List of military tactics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">Air assault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbridge_(logistics)" title="Airbridge (logistics)">Airbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrop" title="Airdrop">Airdrop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-sub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_warfare" title="Anti-tank warfare">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">Charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack">Counterattack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">Guerrilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_tactics" title="Naval tactics">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_and_awe" title="Shock and awe">Rapid dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">Encirclement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investment_(military)" title="Investment (military)">Investment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarming_(military)" title="Swarming (military)">Swarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screening_(tactical)" title="Screening (tactical)">Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_objective" title="Tactical objective">Tactical objective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturation_attack" title="Saturation attack">Target saturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_manoeuvre_group" title="Operational manoeuvre group">Operational manoeuvre group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_(military)" title="Raid (military)">Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covert_operation" title="Covert operation">Covert</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">Strategy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts" title="List of military strategies and concepts">List of military strategies and concepts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_campaign" title="Military campaign">Military campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-access/area_denial" title="Anti-access/area denial">Anti-access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">Attrition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_raiding" title="Commerce raiding">Commerce raiding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-offensive">Counter-offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culminating_point" title="Culminating point">Culminating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_in_depth" title="Defence in depth">Defence in depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabian_strategy" title="Fabian strategy">Fabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_Fort_Strategy" title="Empty Fort Strategy">Empty fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_Warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic Warfare">Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_deception" title="Military deception">Deception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_defence" title="Strategic defence">Defensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_depth" title="Strategic depth">Depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_goal_(military)" title="Strategic goal (military)">Goal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_strategy" title="Nuclear strategy">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_strategy" title="Naval strategy">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_(military)" title="Offensive (military)">Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorched_earth" title="Scorched earth">Scorched earth</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Grand_strategy" title="Grand strategy">Grand strategy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">Asymmetric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">Blockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken-backed_war_theory" title="Broken-backed war theory">Broken-backed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_conflict" title="Class conflict">Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_war_(general_term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold war (general term)">Cold war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_war" title="Colonial war">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest" title="Conquest">Conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Containment" title="Containment">Containment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divide_and_rule" title="Divide and rule">Divide and conquer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_warfare" title="Economic warfare">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endemic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic warfare">Endemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_in_being" title="Fleet in being">Fleet in being</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irregular_warfare" title="Irregular warfare">Irregular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_national_liberation" title="Wars of national liberation">Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_war" title="Limited war">Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network-centric_warfare" title="Network-centric warfare">Network-centric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_generation_warfare" title="New generation warfare">New generation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_war" title="Perpetual war">Perpetual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_warfare" title="Political warfare">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princely_rebellion" title="Princely rebellion">Princely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxy_war" title="Proxy war">Proxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_war" title="Religious war">Religious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resource_war" title="Resource war">Resource</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_studies" title="Strategic studies">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_succession" title="War of succession">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_(warfare)" title="Theater (warfare)">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_war" title="Total war">Total war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_war" title="World war">World war</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">Administrative</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_policy" title="Military policy">Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_education_and_training" title="Military education and training">Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_service" title="Military service">Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_sociology" title="Military sociology">Sociology</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">Area of responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">Chain of command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine" title="Military doctrine">Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principles_of_war" title="Principles of war">Principles of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_force" title="Economy of force">Economy of force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_medicine" title="Military medicine">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Technology and equipment</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_personnel" title="Military personnel">Personnel</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_recruitment" title="Military recruitment">Recruitment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counter-recruitment" title="Counter-recruitment">counter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobilization" title="Mobilization">Mobilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruit training">Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_specialism" title="Military specialism">Specialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morale" title="Morale">Morale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_military" title="Women in the military">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children_in_the_military" title="Children in the military">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgender_people_and_military_service" title="Transgender people and military service">Transgender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment_in_the_military" title="Sexual harassment in the military">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">Conscientious objector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_volunteer" title="Military volunteer">Volunteer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_volunteers" title="List of foreign volunteers">foreign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">Mercenary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier" title="Soldier">Soldier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Warrior" title="Warrior">Warrior</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Logistics</a></div><div 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href="/wiki/Law_of_war" title="Law of war">Law</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_occupation" title="Military occupation">Occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armistice" title="Armistice">Armistice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceasefire" title="Ceasefire">Ceasefire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a> / <a href="/wiki/Military_volunteer" title="Military volunteer">Volunteer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">Court-martial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desertion" title="Desertion">Desertion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geneva_Conventions" title="Geneva Conventions">Geneva Conventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geneva_Protocol" title="Geneva Protocol">Geneva Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_military_jurisprudence" title="Islamic military jurisprudence">Islamic rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_justice" title="Military justice">Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatant" title="Combatant">Lawful</a> / <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_combatant" title="Unlawful combatant">Unlawful combatant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letter_of_marque" title="Letter of marque">Letter of marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfidy" title="Perfidy">Perfidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">Private military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_volunteers" title="List of foreign volunteers">Foreign expatriate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">Mercenary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">Privateer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_laws_on_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish laws on war">Jewish laws on war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_of_conquest" title="Right of conquest">Right of conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">Rules of engagement</a></li> <li><a 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dominance">Full-spectrum dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmatch" title="Overmatch">Overmatch</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare" title="Unrestricted Warfare">Unrestricted Warfare</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_war_theory" title="Just war theory">Just war theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principles_of_war" title="Principles of war">Principles of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_war" title="Philosophy of war">Philosophy of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_dilemma" title="Security dilemma">Security dilemma</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tripwire_force" title="Tripwire force">Tripwire force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wargaming" title="Professional wargaming">Wargaming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_simulation" title="Military simulation">Simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Exercises</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_operations_other_than_war" title="Military operations other than war">Non-warfare</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arms_control" title="Arms control">Arms control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-insurgency" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-insurgency">Counter-insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deterrence_theory" title="Deterrence theory">deterrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disaster_response" title="Disaster response">Disaster response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey-zone_(international_relations)" title="Grey-zone (international relations)">Grey-zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy" title="Gunboat diplomacy">Gunboat diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">Humanitarian aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low-intensity_conflict" title="Low-intensity conflict">Low-intensity conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">Military engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multilateralism" title="Multilateralism">Multilateralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping" title="Peacekeeping">Peacekeeping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peacebuilding" title="Peacebuilding">Peacebuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_through_strength" title="Peace through strength">Peace through strength</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Show_of_force" title="Show of force">Show of force</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a 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href="/wiki/Deceive" class="mw-redirect" title="Deceive">deceive</a> people,<sup id="cite_ref-bittman1985_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bittman1985-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shultzgodson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shultzgodson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or to secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disinformation is an orchestrated adversarial activity in which actors employ <a href="/wiki/Strategic_deception" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic deception">strategic deceptions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Media_manipulation" title="Media manipulation">media manipulation</a> tactics to advance political, military, or commercial goals.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disinformation is implemented through <a href="/wiki/Disinformation_attack" title="Disinformation attack">attacks</a> that "weaponize multiple <a href="/wiki/Rhetorical_Strategies" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhetorical Strategies">rhetorical strategies</a> and forms of knowing—including not only falsehoods but also <a href="/wiki/Truth" title="Truth">truths</a>, <a href="/wiki/Half-truth" title="Half-truth">half-truths</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Value_judgment" title="Value judgment">value judgements</a>—to exploit and amplify <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture wars</a> and other identity-driven controversies."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast, <i><a href="/wiki/Misinformation" title="Misinformation">misinformation</a></i> refers to inaccuracies that stem from inadvertent error.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Misinformation can be used to create disinformation when known misinformation is purposefully and intentionally disseminated.<sup id="cite_ref-golbeck_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golbeck-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">Fake news</a>" has sometimes been categorized as a type of disinformation, but scholars have advised not using these two terms interchangeably or using "fake news" altogether in academic writing since politicians have weaponized it to describe any unfavorable news coverage or information.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png/220px-The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png/330px-The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png/440px-The_Etymology_of_Disinformation.png 2x" data-file-width="2092" data-file-height="1349" /></a><figcaption>The Etymology of Disinformation by H. Newman as published in The Journal of Information Warfare in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elements of the word disinformation have their origins in <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" title="Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a> language family. The Latin 'dis' and 'in' and can both be considered to have Proto-Indo-European roots, 'forma' is considerably more obscure. The green box in the figure highlights the origin 'forma' is uncertain, however, it may have its roots in the <a href="/wiki/Aristotelianism" title="Aristotelianism">Aristotelean</a> concept of μορφή (morphe) where something becomes a 'thing' when it has 'form' or substance.</figcaption></figure> <p>The English word <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disinformation" class="extiw" title="wikt:disinformation"><i>disinformation</i></a> comes from the application of the Latin prefix <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dis-" class="extiw" title="wikt:dis-"><i>dis-</i></a> to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/information" class="extiw" title="wikt:information"><i>information</i></a> making the meaning "reversal or removal of information". The rarely used word had appeared with this usage in print at least as far back as 1887.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some consider it a <a href="/wiki/Loan_translation" class="mw-redirect" title="Loan translation">loan translation</a> of the Russian <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">дезинформация</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">transliterated</a> as <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="wikt:дезинформация"><i>dezinformatsiya</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pacepa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacepa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bittman1985_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bittman1985-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shultzgodson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shultzgodson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> apparently derived from the title of a <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a> <a href="/wiki/Black_propaganda" title="Black propaganda">black propaganda</a> department.<sup id="cite_ref-jowett_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jowett-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bittman1985_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bittman1985-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adamtaylor_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamtaylor-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pacepa_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacepa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soviet planners in the 1950s defined disinformation as "dissemination (in the press, on the radio, etc.) of false reports intended to mislead public opinion."<sup id="cite_ref-ned_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Disinformation</i> first made an appearance in dictionaries in 1985, specifically, <i>Webster's New College Dictionary</i> and the <i>American Heritage Dictionary</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bittman1988_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bittman1988-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the term <i>disinformation</i> was not defined in <i>Webster's New World Thesaurus</i> or <i>New Encyclopædia Britannica</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pacepa_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacepa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Soviet term became widely known in the 1980s, native speakers of English broadened the term as "any government communication (either overt or covert) containing intentionally false and misleading material, often combined selectively with true information, which seeks to mislead and <a href="/wiki/Psychological_manipulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological manipulation">manipulate</a> either elites or a mass audience."<sup id="cite_ref-shultzgodson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shultzgodson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1990, use of the term <i>disinformation</i> had fully established itself in the English language within the lexicon of politics.<sup id="cite_ref-davidmartin_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davidmartin-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2001, the term <i>disinformation</i> had come to be known as simply a more civil phrase for saying someone was <a href="/wiki/Lie" title="Lie">lying</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heinemann_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heinemann-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stanley B. Cunningham wrote in his 2002 book <i>The Idea of Propaganda</i> that <i>disinformation</i> had become pervasively used as a synonym for <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cunningham_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cunningham-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operationalization">Operationalization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operationalization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Shorenstein_Center_on_Media,_Politics_and_Public_Policy" title="Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy">Shorenstein Center</a> at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies “the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation,” including “how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact”<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a 2023 research article published in <a href="/wiki/New_Media_%26_Society" title="New Media & Society">New Media & Society</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:5_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> disinformation circulates on <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> through deception campaigns implemented in multiple ways including: <a href="/wiki/Astroturfing" title="Astroturfing">astroturfing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clickbait" title="Clickbait">clickbait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture wars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)" title="Echo chamber (media)">echo chambers</a>, hoaxes, <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a>, <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rumor" title="Rumor">rumors</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Activities that operationalize disinformation campaigns online<sup id="cite_ref-:5_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Term </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Term </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Astroturfing" title="Astroturfing">Astroturfing</a> </td> <td>A centrally coordinated campaign that mimics grassroots activism by making participants pretend to be ordinary citizens </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">Fake news</a> </td> <td>Genre: The deliberate creation of pseudo-journalism <p>Label: The instrumentalization of the term to delegitimize news media </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">Conspiracy theories</a> </td> <td>Rebuttals of official accounts that propose alternative explanations in which individuals or groups act in secret </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenwashing" title="Greenwashing">Greenwashing</a> </td> <td>Deceptive communication makes people believe that a company is environmentally responsible when it is not </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clickbait" title="Clickbait">Clickbait</a> </td> <td>The deliberate use of misleading headlines and thumbnails to increase online traffic for profit or popularity </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">Propaganda</a> </td> <td>Organized mass communication, on a hidden agenda, and with a mission to conform belief and action by circumventing individual reasoning </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">Culture wars</a> </td> <td>A phenomenon in which multiple groups of people, who hold entrenched values, attempt to steer public policy contentiously </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">Pseudoscience</a> </td> <td>Accounts that claim the explanatory power of science, borrow its language and legitimacy but diverge substantially from its quality criteria </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doxing" title="Doxing">Doxxing</a> </td> <td>A form of online harassment that breaches privacy boundaries by releasing information intending physical and online harm to a target </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rumor" title="Rumor">Rumors</a> </td> <td>Unsubstantiated news stories that circulate while not corroborated or validated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)" title="Echo chamber (media)">Echo chamber</a> </td> <td>An epistemic environment in which participants encounter beliefs and opinions that coincide with their own </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troll_(slang)" title="Troll (slang)">Trolling</a> </td> <td>Networked groups of digital influencers that operate ‘click armies’ designed to mobilize public sentiment </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">Hoax</a> </td> <td>News in which false facts are presented as legitimate </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">Urban legends</a> </td> <td>Moral tales featuring durable stories of intruders incurring boundary transgressions and their dire consequences </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">Note: This is an adaptation of Table 2 from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231207644/">Disinformation on Digital Media Platforms: A Market Shaping Approach</a>, by Carlos Diaz Ruiz, used under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a> / Adapted from the original. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In order to distinguish between similar terms, including misinformation and malinformation, scholars collectively agree on the definitions for each term as follows: (1) disinformation is the strategic dissemination of false information with the intention to cause public harm;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2) misinformation represents the unintentional spread of false information; and (3) malinformation is factual information disseminated with the intention to cause harm,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these terms are abbreviated 'DMMI'.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Camille_Fran%C3%A7ois" title="Camille François">Camille François</a> devised the "ABC" framework of understanding different modalities of online disinformation: </p> <ul><li>Manipulative <i>Actors</i>, who "engage knowingly and with clear intent in viral deception campaigns" that are "covert, designed to obfuscate the identity and intent of the actor orchestrating them." Examples include personas such as <a href="/wiki/Guccifer_2.0" title="Guccifer 2.0">Guccifer 2.0</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troll_(slang)" title="Troll (slang)">Internet trolls</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_media" title="State media">state media</a>, and military operatives.</li> <li>Deceptive <i>Behavior</i>, which "encompasses the variety of techniques viral deception actors may use to enhance and exaggerate the reach, virality and impact of their campaigns." Examples include <a href="/wiki/Troll_farm" title="Troll farm">troll farms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_bots" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet bots">Internet bots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astroturfing" title="Astroturfing">astroturfing</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Facebook_like_button#Fake_"likes"" title="Facebook like button">paid engagement</a>".</li> <li>Harmful <i>Content</i>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Misinformation" title="Misinformation">health misinformation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_manipulation" title="Media manipulation">manipulated media</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Deepfakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Deepfakes">deepfakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyberbullying" title="Cyberbullying">online harassment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Violent_extremism" title="Violent extremism">violent extremism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate speech</a> or <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a> proposed amending this framework to include <i>Distribution</i>, defined by the "technical protocols that enable, constrain, and shape user behavior in a virtual space".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a> proposed adding <i>Degree</i> ("distribution of the content ... and the audiences it reaches") and <i>Effect</i> ("how much of a threat a given case poses").<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparisons_with_propaganda">Comparisons with propaganda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Comparisons with propaganda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whether and to what degree disinformation and propaganda overlap is subject to debate. Some (like <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of State">U.S. Department of State</a>) define propaganda as the use of non-rational arguments to either advance or undermine a political ideal, and use disinformation as an alternative name for undermining propaganda.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While others consider them to be separate concepts altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One popular distinction holds that disinformation also describes politically motivated messaging designed explicitly to engender public cynicism, uncertainty, apathy, distrust, and paranoia, all of which disincentivize citizen engagement and mobilization for social or political change.<sup id="cite_ref-ned_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Disinformation is the label often given to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).<sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies on disinformation are often concerned with the content of activity whereas the broader concept of FIMI is more concerned with the "behaviour of an actor" that is described through the <a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine" title="Military doctrine">military doctrine</a> concept of <a href="/wiki/Terrorist_Tactics,_Techniques,_and_Procedures" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures">tactics, techniques, and procedures</a> (TTPs).<sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Disinformation is primarily carried out by government <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligence agencies">intelligence agencies</a>, but has also been used by non-governmental organizations and businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-jangoldman_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jangoldman-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Front_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Front group">Front groups</a> are a form of disinformation, as they mislead the public about their true objectives and who their controllers are.<sup id="cite_ref-eugeneasamier_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eugeneasamier-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most recently, disinformation has been deliberately spread through social media in the form of "<a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a>", disinformation masked as legitimate news articles and meant to mislead readers or viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disinformation may include distribution of <a href="/wiki/Forgery" title="Forgery">forged</a> <a href="/wiki/Document" title="Document">documents</a>, manuscripts, and photographs, or spreading dangerous <a href="/wiki/Rumour" class="mw-redirect" title="Rumour">rumours</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fabrication_(science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabrication (science)">fabricated</a> <a href="/wiki/Intelligence" title="Intelligence">intelligence</a>. Use of these tactics can lead to <a href="/wiki/Blowback_(intelligence)" title="Blowback (intelligence)">blowback</a>, however, causing such unintended consequences such as <a href="/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation">defamation</a> lawsuits or damage to the dis-informer's reputation.<sup id="cite_ref-eugeneasamier_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eugeneasamier-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worldwide">Worldwide</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Worldwide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_disinformation">Soviet disinformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet disinformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Soviet_disinformation" title="Soviet disinformation">Soviet disinformation</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soviet_disinformation&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg/220px-Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg/330px-Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg/440px-Ion_Mihai_Pacepa_1975cr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="634" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Siguran%C8%9Ba" title="Siguranța">Romanian secret police</a> senior official <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mihai_Pacepa" title="Ion Mihai Pacepa">Ion Mihai Pacepa</a> exposed disinformation history in his book <i><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_(book)" title="Disinformation (book)">Disinformation</a></i> (2013).<sup id="cite_ref-Soviet_disinformation_adamtaylor_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soviet_disinformation_adamtaylor-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> Use of disinformation as a Soviet tactical weapon started in 1923,<sup id="cite_ref-Soviet_disinformation_manningromerstein_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soviet_disinformation_manningromerstein-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it became a tactic used in the Soviet political warfare called <i><a href="/wiki/Active_measures" title="Active measures">active measures</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Soviet_disinformation_nicholasjohncull_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soviet_disinformation_nicholasjohncull-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_disinformation">Russian disinformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Russian disinformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Russian_disinformation" title="Russian disinformation">Russian disinformation</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_disinformation&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p><a href="/wiki/Russian_disinformation" title="Russian disinformation">Russian disinformation</a> campaigns have occurred in many countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_Botter_2022_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_Botter_2022-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_ACI_2019_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_ACI_2019-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_WaPo2016_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_WaPo2016-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_zois_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_zois-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, disinformation campaigns led by <a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin" title="Yevgeny Prigozhin">Yevgeny Prigozhin</a> have been reported in several African countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_Cigi2021_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_Cigi2021-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_Guardian2019_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_Guardian2019-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, however, denies that it uses disinformation to influence public opinion.<sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_powerfulrussian_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_powerfulrussian-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> Often Russian campaigns aim to disrupt domestic politics within <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in an attempt to weaken the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">West</a> due to its long-standing commitment to fight back against "Western imperialism" and shift the balance of world power to <a href="/wiki/Second_World" title="Second World">Russia and her allies</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a>, Russia seeks to promote American isolationism, border security concerns and racial tensions within the United States through its disinformation campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_:1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_:1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_:0_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_:0-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_disinformation_:2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_disinformation_:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese_disinformation">Chinese disinformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chinese disinformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Spamouflage" title="Spamouflage">Spamouflage</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spamouflage&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <a href="/wiki/Spamouflage" title="Spamouflage">Spamouflage</a>, Dragonbridge, Spamouflage Dragon, Storm 1376, or Taizi Flood is an online propaganda and disinformation operation that uses a network of social media accounts to make posts in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese government">Chinese government</a> and harass dissidents and journalists overseas since 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:4_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:4-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_CNN2023_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_CNN2023-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_MS_names_threat_actors_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_MS_names_threat_actors-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in the early 2020s, Spamouflage accounts also began making posts about American and Taiwanese politics.<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_Gilbert2024_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_Gilbert2024-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:0_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:0-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is widely believed that the Chinese government, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_(China)" title="Ministry of Public Security (China)">Ministry of Public Security</a>, is behind the network.<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:6_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:6-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_CNN2023_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_CNN2023-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:1_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_Yang2024_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_Yang2024-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:0_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:0-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spamouflage has increasingly used <a href="/wiki/Generative_artificial_intelligence" title="Generative artificial intelligence">generative artificial intelligence</a> for <a href="/wiki/Influence_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Influence operations">influence operations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_:2_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_:2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign has largely failed to receive views from real users,<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_Gilbert2024_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_Gilbert2024-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it has attracted some organic engagement using new tactics.<sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_Yang2024_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_Yang2024-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spamouflage_Graphika2021_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spamouflage_Graphika2021-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 2">: 2 </span></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_disinformation">American disinformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: American disinformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg/220px-How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg/330px-How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg/440px-How_Disinformation_Can_Be_Spread.jpg 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="719" /></a><figcaption>How Disinformation Can Be Spread, explanation by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. Defense Department</a> (2001)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">United States Intelligence Community</a> appropriated use of the term <i>disinformation</i> in the 1950s from the Russian <i>dezinformatsiya</i>, and began to use similar strategies<sup id="cite_ref-manningromerstein_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manningromerstein-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the Cold War and in conflict with other nations.<sup id="cite_ref-adamtaylor_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamtaylor-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported in 2000 that during the CIA's effort to substitute <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Reza_Pahlavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Reza Pahlavi">Mohammed Reza Pahlavi</a> for then-<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iran" title="Prime Minister of Iran">Prime Minister of Iran</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mossadegh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Mossadegh">Mohammad Mossadegh</a>, the CIA placed fictitious stories in the local newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-adamtaylor_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamtaylor-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> documented how, subsequent to the 1979 Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>, the CIA put false articles in newspapers of Islamic-majority countries, inaccurately stating that Soviet embassies had "invasion day celebrations".<sup id="cite_ref-adamtaylor_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamtaylor-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reuters noted a former U.S. intelligence officer said they would attempt to gain the confidence of reporters and use them as <a href="/wiki/Secret_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Secret agent">secret agents</a>, to affect a nation's politics by way of their local media.<sup id="cite_ref-adamtaylor_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adamtaylor-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1986, the term gained increased currency in the U.S. when it was revealed that two months previously, the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan Administration</a> had engaged in a disinformation campaign against then-leader of <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biagi_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biagi-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Larry_Speakes" title="Larry Speakes">Larry Speakes</a> said reports of a planned attack on Libya as first broken by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> on August 25, 1986, were "authoritative", and other newspapers including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> then wrote articles saying this was factual.<sup id="cite_ref-biagi_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biagi-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. State Department</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Kalb" title="Bernard Kalb">Bernard Kalb</a> resigned from his position in protest over the disinformation campaign, and said: "Faith in the word of America is the pulse beat of our democracy."<sup id="cite_ref-biagi_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biagi-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The executive branch of the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan administration</a> kept watch on disinformation campaigns through three yearly publications by the Department of State: <i>Active Measures: A Report on the Substance and Process of Anti-U.S. Disinformation and Propaganda Campaigns</i> (1986); <i>Report on Active Measures and Propaganda, 1986–87</i> (1987); and <i>Report on Active Measures and Propaganda, 1987–88</i> (1989).<sup id="cite_ref-manningromerstein_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manningromerstein-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a report by <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, the United States ran a <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_United_States" title="Propaganda in the United States">propaganda</a> campaign to spread disinformation about the <a href="/wiki/Sinovac_Biotech" title="Sinovac Biotech">Sinovac</a> Chinese <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> vaccine, including using fake social media accounts to spread the disinformation that the Sinovac vaccine contained pork-derived ingredients and was therefore <i><a href="/wiki/Haram" title="Haram">haram</a></i> under <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Islamic law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reuters said the <a href="/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign" title="ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign">ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign</a> was designed to "counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines" and was prompted by the "[fear] that China’s <a href="/wiki/Vaccine_diplomacy" title="Vaccine diplomacy">COVID diplomacy</a> and <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_China" title="COVID-19 misinformation by China">propaganda</a> could draw other Southeast Asian countries, such as Cambodia and Malaysia, closer to Beijing".<sup id="cite_ref-:6_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign was also described as "payback for Beijing's efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign primarily targeted people in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> and used a social media <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtag</a> for "China is the virus" in <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign ran from 2020 to mid-2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_64-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primary contractor for the U.S. military on the project was <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics" title="General Dynamics">General Dynamics IT</a>, which received $493 million for its role.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_64-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response">Response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Responses_from_cultural_leaders">Responses from cultural leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Responses from cultural leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> condemned disinformation in a 2016 interview, after being made the subject of a <a href="/wiki/Fake_news_website" title="Fake news website">fake news website</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 U.S. election</a> cycle which falsely claimed that he supported <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-popewarnsnyt_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popewarnsnyt-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alyssanewcomb_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alyssanewcomb-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-didthepope_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-didthepope-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said the worst thing the news media could do was spread disinformation. He said the act was a <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-popewarnsreuters_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popewarnsreuters-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-harrietsherwood_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harrietsherwood-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comparing those who spread disinformation to individuals who engage in <a href="/wiki/Coprophilia" title="Coprophilia">coprophilia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-popefranciscompares_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popefranciscompares-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-andrewgriffin_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrewgriffin-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethics_in_warfare">Ethics in warfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ethics in warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a contribution to the 2014 book <i>Military Ethics and Emerging Technologies</i>, writers David Danks and Joseph H. Danks discuss the ethical implications in using disinformation as a tactic during <a href="/wiki/Information_warfare" title="Information warfare">information warfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They note there has been a significant degree of philosophical debate over the issue as related to the <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethics of war">ethics of war</a> and use of the technique.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writers describe a position whereby the use of disinformation is occasionally allowed, but not in all situations.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically the ethical test to consider is whether the disinformation was performed out of a motivation of <a href="/wiki/Good_faith" title="Good faith">good faith</a> and acceptable according to the <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of war">rules of war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this test, the tactic during World War II of putting fake inflatable tanks in visible locations on the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islands">Pacific Islands</a> in order to falsely present the impression that there were larger military forces present would be considered as ethically permissible.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conversely, disguising a munitions plant as a healthcare facility in order to avoid attack would be outside the bounds of acceptable use of disinformation during war.<sup id="cite_ref-daviddanks_73-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daviddanks-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research">Research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg/220px-Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg/330px-Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg/440px-Disinformation_and_echo_chambers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>A framework for how disinformation spreads in social media<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Research related to disinformation studies is increasing as an applied area of inquiry.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The call to formally classify disinformation as a cybersecurity <a href="/wiki/Threat_(computer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Threat (computer)">threat</a> is made by advocates due to its increase in social networking sites.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the proliferation of social media websites, Facebook and Twitter showed the most activity in terms of active disinformation campaigns. Techniques reported on included the use of bots to amplify hate speech, the illegal harvesting of data, and paid trolls to harass and threaten journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whereas disinformation research focuses primarily on how actors orchestrate deceptions on social media, primarily via <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a>, new research investigates how people take what started as deceptions and circulate them as their personal views.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, research shows that disinformation can be conceptualized as a program that encourages engagement in oppositional fantasies (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture wars</a>), through which disinformation circulates as rhetorical ammunition for never-ending arguments.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As disinformation entangles with <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture wars</a>, identity-driven controversies constitute a vehicle through which disinformation disseminates on <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>. This means that disinformation thrives, not despite raucous grudges but because of them. The reason is that controversies provide fertile ground for never-ending debates that solidify points of view.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scholars have pointed out that disinformation is not only a foreign threat as domestic purveyors of disinformation are also leveraging traditional media outlets such as newspapers, radio stations, and television news media to disseminate false information.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Current research suggests right-wing online political <a href="/wiki/Activism" title="Activism">activists</a> in the United States may be more likely to use disinformation as a strategy and tactic.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governments have responded with a wide range of policies to address concerns about the potential threats that disinformation poses to democracy, however, there is little agreement in elite policy discourse or academic literature as to what it means for disinformation to threaten democracy, and how different policies might help to counter its negative implications.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consequences_of_exposure_to_disinformation_online">Consequences of exposure to disinformation online</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Consequences of exposure to disinformation online"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a broad consensus amongst scholars that there is a high degree of disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda online; however, it is unclear to what extent such disinformation has on political attitudes in the public and, therefore, political outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Conventional_wisdom" title="Conventional wisdom">conventional wisdom</a> has come mostly from investigative journalists, with a particular rise during the 2016 U.S. election: some of the earliest work came from Craig Silverman at Buzzfeed News.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cass Sunstein supported this in <i>#Republic,</i> arguing that the internet would become rife with <a href="/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)" title="Echo chamber (media)">echo chambers</a> and informational cascades of misinformation leading to a highly polarized and ill-informed society.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Research after the 2016 election found: (1) for 14 percent of Americans social media was their "most important" source of election news; 2) known false news stories "favoring Trump were shared a total of 30 million times on Facebook, while those favoring Clinton were shared 8 million times"; 3) the average American adult saw fake news stories, "with just over half of those who recalled seeing them believing them"; and 4) people are more likely to "believe stories that favor their preferred candidate, especially if they have ideologically segregated social media networks."<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Correspondingly, whilst there is wide agreement that the digital spread and uptake of disinformation during the 2016 election was massive and very likely facilitated by foreign agents, there is an ongoing debate on whether all this had any actual effect on the election. For example, a double blind randomized-control experiment by researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), found that exposure to online fake news about either Trump or Clinton had no significant effect on intentions to vote for those candidates. Researchers who examined the influence of Russian disinformation on Twitter during the 2016 US presidential campaign found that exposure to disinformation was (1) concentrated among a tiny group of users, (2) primarily among Republicans, and (3) eclipsed by exposure to legitimate political news media and politicians. Finally, they find "no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior."<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, despite its mass dissemination during the 2016 Presidential Elections, online fake news or disinformation probably did not cost Hillary Clinton the votes needed to secure the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Research on this topic remains inconclusive, for example, misinformation appears not to significantly change political knowledge of those exposed to it.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There seems to be a higher level of diversity of news sources that users are exposed to on Facebook and Twitter than conventional wisdom would dictate, as well as a higher frequency of cross-spectrum discussion.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other evidence has found that disinformation campaigns rarely succeed in altering the foreign policies of the targeted states.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Research is also challenging because disinformation is meant to be difficult to detect and some social media companies have discouraged outside research efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, researchers found disinformation made "existing detection algorithms from traditional news media ineffective or not applicable...[because disinformation] is intentionally written to mislead readers...[and] users' social engagements with fake news produce data that is big, incomplete, unstructured, and noisy."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Facebook, the largest social media company, has been criticized by <a href="/wiki/Analytic_journalism" title="Analytic journalism">analytical journalists</a> and scholars for preventing outside research of disinformation.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_perspectives_and_critiques">Alternative perspectives and critiques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Alternative perspectives and critiques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Researchers have criticized the framing of disinformation as being limited to technology platforms, removed from its wider political context and inaccurately implying that the media landscape was otherwise well-functioning.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The field possesses a simplistic understanding of the effects of media technologies; overemphasizes platforms and underemphasizes politics; focuses too much on the United States and Anglocentric analysis; has a shallow understanding of political culture and culture in general; lacks analysis of race, class, gender, and sexuality as well as status, inequality, social structure, and power; has a thin understanding of journalistic processes; and, has progressed more through the exigencies of grant funding than the development of theory and empirical findings."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alternative perspectives have been proposed: </p> <ol><li>Moving beyond <i><a href="/wiki/Fact-checking" title="Fact-checking">fact-checking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Media_literacy" title="Media literacy">media literacy</a></i> to study a pervasive phenomenon as something that involves more than news consumption.</li> <li>Moving beyond <i>technical solutions</i> including AI-enhanced fact checking to understand the systemic basis of disinformation.</li> <li>Develop a theory that goes beyond <i><a href="/wiki/Americentrism" title="Americentrism">Americentrism</a></i> to develop a global perspective, understand cultural imperialism and Third World dependency on Western news<i>,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> and understand disinformation in the Global South.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Develop <i>market-oriented disinformation research</i> that examines the financial incentives and <a href="/wiki/Business_model" title="Business model">business models</a> that nudge content creators and <a href="/wiki/Digital_platform_(infrastructure)" title="Digital platform (infrastructure)">digital platforms</a> to circulate disinformation online.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-:7_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Include a multidisciplinary approach</i>, involving <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>, <a href="/wiki/Political_economy" title="Political economy">political economy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_studies" title="Ethnic studies">ethnic studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feminist_studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminist studies">feminist studies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_studies" title="Science and technology studies">science and technology studies</a>.</li> <li>Develop understandings of <i>Gendered-based disinformation (GBD)</i> defined as "the dissemination of false or misleading information attacking women (especially political leaders, journalists and public figures), basing the attack on their identity as women."<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strategies_for_spreading_disinformation">Strategies for spreading disinformation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Strategies for spreading disinformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disinformation_attack">Disinformation attack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Disinformation attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Disinformation_attack" title="Disinformation attack">Disinformation attack</a></div> <p>The research literature on how disinformation spreads is growing.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies show that disinformation spread in social media can be classified into two broad stages: seeding and echoing.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Seeding," when malicious actors strategically insert deceptions, like fake news, into a social media ecosystem, and "echoing" is when the audience disseminates disinformation argumentatively as their own opinions often by incorporating disinformation into a confrontational fantasy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internet_manipulation">Internet manipulation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Internet manipulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Internet_manipulation" title="Internet manipulation">Internet manipulation</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_manipulation&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <a href="/wiki/Internet_manipulation" title="Internet manipulation">Internet manipulation</a> is the co-optation of <a href="/wiki/Online_and_offline" title="Online and offline">online</a> digital technologies, including algorithms, <a href="/wiki/Social_bot" title="Social bot">social bots</a>, and automated scripts, for commercial, social, military, or political purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Internet and social media manipulation are the prime vehicles for spreading disinformation due to the importance of <a href="/wiki/Platforms_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Platforms (computing)">digital platforms</a> for <a href="/wiki/Media_consumption" title="Media consumption">media consumption</a> and everyday <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">communication</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When employed for political purposes, internet manipulation may be used to steer <a href="/wiki/Public_opinion" title="Public opinion">public opinion</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> polarise citizens,<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> circulate <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_manipulation_:0_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_manipulation_:0-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and silence <a href="/wiki/Political_dissidents" class="mw-redirect" title="Political dissidents">political dissidents</a>. Internet manipulation can also be done for profit, for instance, to harm corporate or political adversaries and improve <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand</a> reputation.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Internet manipulation is sometimes also used to describe the selective enforcement of <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship" title="Internet censorship">Internet censorship</a><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or selective violations of <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality" title="Net neutrality">net neutrality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <p>Studies show four main methods of seeding disinformation online:<sup id="cite_ref-:1_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Selective censorship</li> <li>Manipulation of search rankings</li> <li>Hacking and releasing</li> <li>Directly Sharing Disinformation</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exploiting_online_advertising_technologies">Exploiting online advertising technologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Exploiting online advertising technologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Disinformation is amplified online due to malpractice concerning <a href="/wiki/Online_advertising" title="Online advertising">online advertising</a>, especially the <a href="/wiki/Machine_to_machine" title="Machine to machine">machine-to-machine</a> interactions of <a href="/wiki/Real-time_bidding" title="Real-time bidding">real-time bidding</a> systems.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Online advertising technologies have been used to amplify disinformation due to the financial incentives and <a href="/wiki/Monetization" title="Monetization">monetization</a> of <a href="/wiki/User-generated_content" title="User-generated content">user-generated content</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lax oversight over the online advertising market can be used to amplify disinformation, including the use of <a href="/wiki/Dark_money" title="Dark money">dark money</a> used for <a href="/wiki/Social_media_use_in_politics" title="Social media use in politics">political advertising</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_Measures_Working_Group" title="Active Measures Working Group">Active Measures Working Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ad_hominem" title="Ad hominem">Ad hominem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agitprop" title="Agitprop">Agitprop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_and_elections" title="Artificial intelligence and elections">Artificial intelligence and elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_propaganda" title="Black propaganda">Black propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_information_operations_and_information_warfare" title="Chinese information operations and information warfare">Chinese information operations and information warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter_Misinformation_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Misinformation Team">Counter Misinformation Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declinism" title="Declinism">Declinism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepfakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Deepfakes">Deepfakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demoralization_(warfare)" title="Demoralization (warfare)">Demoralization (warfare)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denial_and_deception" title="Denial and deception">Denial and deception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_attack" title="Disinformation attack">Disinformation attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">Fake news</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_flag" title="False flag">False flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt" class="mw-redirect" title="Fear, uncertainty and doubt">Fear, uncertainty and doubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaslighting" title="Gaslighting">Gaslighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship" title="Internet censorship">Internet censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_manipulation" title="Internet manipulation">Internet manipulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowledge_falsification" title="Knowledge falsification">Knowledge falsification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kompromat" title="Kompromat">Kompromat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent" title="Manufacturing Consent">Manufacturing Consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_manipulation" title="Media manipulation">Media manipulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_deception" title="Military deception">Military deception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-truth_politics" title="Post-truth politics">Post-truth politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Propaganda in the Soviet Union">Propaganda in the Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharp_power" title="Sharp power">Sharp power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_engineering_(political_science)" title="Social engineering (political science)">Social engineering (political science)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-sponsored_Internet_propaganda" title="State-sponsored Internet propaganda">State-sponsored Internet propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Disinformation_Project" title="The Disinformation Project">The Disinformation Project</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disinformation&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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(2 January 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2018.1556314">"Fake News, Real Money: Ad Tech Platforms, Profit-Driven Hoaxes, and the Business of Journalism"</a>. <i>Digital Journalism</i>. <b>7</b> (1): 1–21. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F21670811.2018.1556314">10.1080/21670811.2018.1556314</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2167-0811">2167-0811</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Digital+Journalism&rft.atitle=Fake+News%2C+Real+Money%3A+Ad+Tech+Platforms%2C+Profit-Driven+Hoaxes%2C+and+the+Business+of+Journalism&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-21&rft.date=2019-01-02&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F21670811.2018.1556314&rft.issn=2167-0811&rft.aulast=Braun&rft.aufirst=Joshua+A.&rft.au=Eklund%2C+Jessica+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1080%2F21670811.2018.1556314&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADisinformation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNadlerDonovanCrane2018" class="citation web cs1">Nadler, Anthony; Donovan, Joan; Crane, Matthew (17 October 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datasociety.net/library/weaponizing-the-digital-influence-machine/">"Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine"</a>. <i>Data & Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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.plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> about <br /> <b>Disinformation</b> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=wp&su=Disinformation">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=wp&su=Disinformation&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBittman1985" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Martin-Bittman" title="Lawrence Martin-Bittman">Bittman, Ladislav</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/The_KGB_and_Soviet_Disinformation" title="The KGB and Soviet Disinformation"><i>The KGB and 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<li><a href="/wiki/Forgery_as_covert_operation" title="Forgery as covert operation">Forgery as covert operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaslighting" title="Gaslighting">Gaslighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half-truth" title="Half-truth">Half-truth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_negationism" title="Historical negationism">Historical negationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">Hoax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infodemic" title="Infodemic">Infodemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_manipulation" title="Internet manipulation">Internet manipulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipulation_(psychology)" title="Manipulation (psychology)">Manipulation (psychology)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_culture" title="Media culture">Media culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_manipulation" title="Media manipulation">Media manipulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potemkin_village" title="Potemkin village">Potemkin village</a></li> <li><a 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fabrication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smear_campaign" title="Smear campaign">Smearing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_bot" title="Social bot">Social bot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_(propaganda)" title="Spin (propaganda)">Spin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truthiness" title="Truthiness">Truthiness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_legends_and_myths" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban legends and myths">Urban legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whataboutism" title="Whataboutism">Whataboutism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_journalism" title="Yellow journalism">Yellow journalism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Books_and_documentaries" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Books and documentaries</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_(book)" title="Disinformation (book)"><i>Disinformation</i> by Ion Mihai Pacepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dezinformatsia_(book)" title="Dezinformatsia (book)"><i>Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_KGB_and_Soviet_Disinformation" title="The KGB and Soviet Disinformation">The KGB and Soviet Disinformation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Who_in_the_CIA" title="Who's Who in the CIA">Who's Who in the CIA</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Merchants_of_Doubt" title="Merchants of Doubt">Merchants of Doubt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_Truth:_Disinformation_and_the_Cost_of_Fake_News" title="After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News">After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Examples" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Examples</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle" title="Bermuda Triangle">Bermuda Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State_propaganda_war" title="Congo Free State propaganda war">Congo Free State propaganda war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">Climate change denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_energy_suppression_conspiracy_theory" title="Free energy suppression conspiracy theory">Free energy suppression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_denial" title="Genocide denial">Genocide denial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial" title="Holocaust denial">Holocaust denial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illuminati" title="Illuminati">Illuminati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_conspiracy" title="International Jewish conspiracy">International Jewish conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misinformation_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Misinformation in the Israel–Hamas war">Misinformation in the Israel–Hamas war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)" class="mw-redirect" title="New World Order (conspiracy theory)">New World Order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_mercury" title="Red mercury">Red mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory" title="Reptilian conspiracy theory">Reptilians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothschild_family#Conspiracy_theories" title="Rothschild family">Rothschilds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategy_of_tension" title="Strategy of tension">Strategy of tension</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Health" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Health</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Misinformation_related_to_5G_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Misinformation related to 5G technology">5G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_governments" title="COVID-19 misinformation by governments">by governments</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebola_misinformation" title="Ebola misinformation">Ebola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism" title="HIV/AIDS denialism">HIV/AIDS denialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mental_illness_denial" title="Mental illness denial">Mental illness denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misinformation_related_to_abortion" title="Misinformation related to abortion">Misinformation related to abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_misinformation" title="Vaccine misinformation">Vaccines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccine_activism" title="Anti-vaccine activism">anti-vaccination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism" title="Vaccines and autism">autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine_misinformation_and_hesitancy" title="COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy">COVID-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy" title="Water fluoridation controversy">Water fluoridation controversy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Operations_and_events_by_country" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Operations and events by country</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canada</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jihadunspun.com" title="Jihadunspun.com">Jihadunspun.com</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_information_operations_and_information_warfare" title="Chinese information operations and information warfare">Chinese information operations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/50_Cent_Party" title="50 Cent Party">50 Cent Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_China" title="Cyberwarfare by China">cyberwarfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pink" title="Little Pink">Little Pink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Water_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Water Army">Internet Water Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PLA_Unit_61398" title="PLA Unit 61398">PLA Unit 61398</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spamouflage" title="Spamouflage">Spamouflage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_China" title="COVID-19 misinformation by China">COVID-19</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global_Times" title="Global Times">Global Times</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Czechoslovakia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune_(espionage)" title="Operation Neptune (espionage)">Operation Neptune</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Funkspiel" title="Funkspiel">Funkspiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Propaganda in Nazi Germany">Propaganda in Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myth_of_the_clean_Wehrmacht" title="Myth of the clean Wehrmacht">Myth of the clean Wehrmacht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">India</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news_in_India" title="Fake news in India">Fake news in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godi-media" class="mw-redirect" title="Godi-media">Godi-media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paid_news_in_India" title="Paid news in India">Paid news in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpIndia" title="OpIndia">OpIndia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Team_Jorge" title="Team Jorge">Team Jorge</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Korea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Voluntary_Agency_Network_of_Korea" title="Voluntary Agency Network of Korea">Voluntary Agency Network of Korea</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kuwait</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Fintas_Group" title="Fintas Group">Fintas Group</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mexico</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1abot" title="Peñabot">Peñabots</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_in_the_Philippines" title="COVID-19 misinformation in the Philippines">COVID-19 misinformation in the Philippines</a> (<a href="/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign" title="ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign">ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news_in_the_Philippines" title="Fake news in the Philippines">Fake news in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_distortion_regarding_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Historical distortion regarding Ferdinand Marcos">Historical distortion regarding Ferdinand Marcos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_disinformation" title="Russian disinformation">Russia</a> /<br />Soviet Union</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_disinformation" title="Soviet disinformation">Soviet era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_measures" title="Active measures">Active Measures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-1000_battleship" title="K-1000 battleship">K-1000 battleship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_INFEKTION" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation INFEKTION">Operation INFEKTION</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Toucan_(KGB)" title="Operation Toucan (KGB)">Operation Toucan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seat_12" title="Seat 12">Seat 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_influence_on_the_peace_movement" title="Soviet influence on the peace movement">Soviet influence on the peace movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Field_Manual_30-31B" title="U.S. Army Field Manual 30-31B">U.S. Army Field Manual 30-31B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Useful_idiot" title="Useful idiot">Useful idiot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_disinformation_in_the_post-Soviet_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian disinformation in the post-Soviet era">Post-Soviet era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Russia" title="Cyberwarfare by Russia">Cyberwarfare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_cyberattacks_on_Estonia" title="2007 cyberattacks on Estonia">on Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberattacks_during_the_Russo-Georgian_War" title="Cyberattacks during the Russo-Georgian War">during the Russo-Georgian War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_information_war_against_Ukraine" title="Russian information war against Ukraine">Information war against Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li></ul></li> <li>On US elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2018_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2020_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections">2020</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum" title="Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum">2016 Brexit referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies" title="Russian Institute for Strategic Studies">Russian Institute for Strategic Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency" title="Internet Research Agency">Trolls from Olgino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_web_brigades" title="Russian web brigades">Web brigades</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism_in_South_Africa" title="HIV/AIDS denialism in South Africa">HIV/AIDS denialism</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Turkey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories_in_Turkey" title="Conspiracy theories in Turkey">Conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_censorship_and_disinformation_during_the_Gezi_Park_protests" title="Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests">Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AK_Trolls" title="AK Trolls">AK Trolls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Pottinger" title="Bell Pottinger">Bell Pottinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-Cross_System" title="Double-Cross System">Double-Cross System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clockwork_Orange_(plot)" title="Clockwork Orange (plot)">Clockwork Orange plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euromyth" title="Euromyth">Euromyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancet_MMR_autism_fraud" title="Lancet MMR autism fraud"><i>Lancet</i> MMR autism fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mass_Appeal" title="Operation Mass Appeal">Operation Mass Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_Warfare_Division" title="Psychological Warfare Division">Psychological Warfare Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinoviev_letter" title="Zinoviev letter">Zinoviev letter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_CIA_disinformation_controversy" title="1995 CIA disinformation controversy">1995 CIA disinformation controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">Attempts to overturn the 2020 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories_in_United_States_politics" title="Conspiracy theories in United States politics">Conspiracy theories</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories" title="9/11 conspiracy theories">9/11 conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CIA_Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theory" title="CIA Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory">CIA Kennedy assassination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories">Sandy Hook</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 misinformation by the United States">COVID-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news_in_the_United_States" title="Fake news in the United States">Fake news</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news_websites_in_the_United_States" title="Fake news websites in the United States">online</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_denial_movement_in_the_United_States" title="Election denial movement in the United States">Election denial movement in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Freedom_Fighter%27s_Manual" title="The Freedom Fighter's Manual">The Freedom Fighter's Manual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habbush_letter" title="Habbush letter">Habbush letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_Operations_Roadmap" title="Information Operations Roadmap">Information Operations Roadmap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax" title="Litter boxes in schools hoax">Litter boxes in schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Atta%27s_alleged_Prague_connection" title="Mohamed Atta's alleged Prague connection">Mohamed Atta's alleged Prague connection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_uranium_forgeries" title="Niger uranium forgeries">Niger uranium forgeries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_industry_playbook" title="Tobacco industry playbook">Tobacco industry playbook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shocker" title="Operation Shocker">Operation Shocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_rain" title="Yellow rain">Yellow rain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Venezuela</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bolivarian_Army_of_Trolls" title="Bolivarian Army of Trolls">Bolivarian Army of Trolls</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vietnam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_opinion_brigades" title="Public opinion brigades">Public opinion brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_47" class="mw-redirect" title="Force 47">Force 47</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Opposition" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Opposition</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fact-checking" title="Fact-checking">Fact-checking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fact-checking_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Fact-checking website">Fact-checking website</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_Measures_Working_Group" title="Active Measures Working Group">Active Measures Working Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter_disinformation_unit" title="Counter disinformation unit">Counter disinformation unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter_Misinformation_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Misinformation Team">Counter Misinformation Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Countering_Foreign_Propaganda_and_Disinformation_Act" title="Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act">Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Disinformation_Project" title="The Disinformation Project">The Disinformation Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_StratCom_Task_Force" title="East StratCom Task Force">East StratCom Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FactCheck.org" title="FactCheck.org">FactCheck.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_Fact" title="Full Fact">Full Fact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logically_(company)" title="Logically (company)">Logically</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NewsGuard" title="NewsGuard">NewsGuard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snopes" 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title="Narcotizing dysfunction">Narcotizing dysfunction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recuperation_(politics)" title="Recuperation (politics)">Recuperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">Sensationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viral_phenomenon" title="Viral phenomenon">Viral phenomenon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catch_and_kill" title="Catch and kill">Catch and kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowd_manipulation" title="Crowd manipulation">Crowd manipulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Managing_the_news" title="Managing the news">Managing the news</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_manipulation" title="Media manipulation">Media manipulation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th 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Adorno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard" title="Jean Baudrillard">Jean Baudrillard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernays" title="Edward Bernays">Edward Bernays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Debord" title="Guy Debord">Guy Debord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Lippmann" title="Walter Lippmann">Walter Lippmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan" title="Marshall McLuhan">Marshall McLuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Ranci%C3%A8re" title="Jacques Rancière">Jacques Rancière</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">Counterculture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boycott" title="Boycott">Boycott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Call-out_culture" class="mw-redirect" 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