
Disinformation facts for kids
Disinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread on purpose and is intended to mislead. It may include the handing out of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or propagation of malicious rumors and fabricated intelligence. Quite often this word is used in context of a government or large organisation trying to fool a rival.
Images for kids
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How Disinformation Can Be Spread — explanation by U.S. Defense Department (2001)
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Chief of Russian foreign intelligence Yevgeny Primakov confirmed in 1992 that Operation INFEKTION was a disinformation campaign to make the world believe the U.S. invented AIDS.
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The U.S. engaged in disinformation against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986.
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Graphic showing differences between disinformation, misinformation, and hoax, presented for Wikimedia Research (2015)
