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- But the Russians can take credit for inventing the word itself. The term "dezinformatsiya" was reputedly coined by no less than Josef Stalin in the 1920s as the name of the section of the KGB tasked with deceiving enemies and influencing public opinion.
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The English word disinformation comes from the application of the Latin prefix dis-to information 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.
Dec 30, 2019 · The term "dezinformatsiya" was reputedly coined by no less than Josef Stalin in the 1920s as the name of the section of the KGB tasked with deceiving enemies and influencing public opinion.
- Geoff Nunberg
1 day ago · The term disinformation is derived from the Russian word dezinformácija. The Russian government first began using disinformation as a political tactic with its establishment in 1923 of a special office for the purpose of spreading false propaganda.
- John Palfrey
Oct 8, 2021 · While not inventing the term ‘disinformation’, the Soviet authorities did pioneer its rather unusual usage. In 1923, the Bolshevik Party Politburo approved the establishment of the Disinformation Bureau ( Dezinformburo) within the Soviet security service.
Jul 14, 2021 · More specific to the modern phenomenon of disinformation is the perspective that information warfare is a feature, not a bug, of the international system. Rather than seeing the last five years as an anomaly, what happens when policy makers see this as a historical problem that is here to stay?
Dec 30, 2019 · Disinformation is as old as human conflict — in the fifth century B.C.E., the great Chinese military theoretician Sun Tzu wrote that all warfare is based on deception. But the Russians can take credit for inventing the word itself.
Jan 22, 2018 · In record time, the phrase morphed from a description of a social media phenomenon into a journalistic cliche and an angry political slur. How did the term "fake news" evolve - and what's next in...
