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Lies with a strategy, deployed like ammunition rather than dropped by accident.
means False information spread deliberately to deceive, manipulate opinion, or destabilize a target.
from From Russian dezinformatsiya, reputedly the name of a Soviet propaganda office, dressed in French to look foreign-born.
Not misinformationMisinformation is wrong by mistake; this is wrong on purpose.
Cold War toolKGB ran entire campaigns inventing fake news stories.
False flagOften framed to look like it came from someone else.