Disinformation facts for kids

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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.

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  • How Disinformation Can Be Spread

    How Disinformation Can Be Spread — explanation by U.S. Defense Department (2001)

  • Ion Mihai Pacepa 1975cr

    Former Romanian secret police senior official Ion Mihai Pacepa exposed disinformation history in his book Disinformation (2013).

  • E Primakov 03

    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.

  • Gaddafi 1972

    The U.S. engaged in disinformation against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986.

  • Disinformation vs Misinformation

    Graphic showing differences between disinformation, misinformation, and hoax, presented for Wikimedia Research (2015)


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