List of disinformation attacks by country
Disinformation attacks are media campaigns that deliberately disseminate incorrect information through public media channels and the Internet. In many cases the goal of the disinformation attack is to confuse, paralyze, and polarize an audience.[1][2][3][4] This list is intended for attacks on a national-scale, not for example a local political campaign making claims about a single politician. If adding an item that is not a wikilink to a Wikipedia article, please cite a source.
Listing by country
[edit]Canada
[edit]China, People's Republic of
[edit]- Chinese information operations and information warfare
- COVID-19 misinformation by China
- Global Times
Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic
[edit]Germany
[edit]India
[edit]Israel
[edit]Kuwait
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Peñabots (2012-~2017)
Philippines
[edit]- COVID-19 misinformation in the Philippines (ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign)
- Fake news in the Philippines
- Historical distortion regarding Ferdinand Marcos
Russia
[edit]- Russian disinformation in the post-Soviet era
- Cyberwarfare by Russia
- Russian information war against Ukraine (2022-)
- Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum
- Accusations of Russian interference in the 2024 Romanian presidential election
- Russian Institute for Strategic Studies
- Internet Research Agency (Trolls from Olgino)
- Russian web brigades
Soviet Union
[edit]- K-1000 battleship
- Operation INFEKTION
- Operation Toucan (KGB)
- Seat 12
- Soviet influence on the peace movement
- U.S. Army Field Manual 30-31B
- Useful idiot
- Soviet disinformation
South Africa
[edit]South Korea
[edit]Turkey
[edit]- Conspiracy theories in Turkey
- Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests
- AK Trolls
United Kingdom
[edit]- Bell Pottinger
- Double-Cross System
- Clockwork Orange (plot)
- Euromyth
- Lancet MMR autism fraud
- Operation Mass Appeal
- Psychological Warfare Division
- Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum
- Zinoviev letter
United States
[edit]- 1995 CIA disinformation controversy
- Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
- Conspiracy theories in United States politics
- COVID-19 misinformation by the United States
- Fake news in the United States
- Election denial movement in the United States
- The Freedom Fighter's Manual
- Habbush letter
- Information Operations Roadmap
- Litter boxes in schools hoax
- Mohamed Atta's alleged Prague connection
- Niger uranium forgeries
- Tobacco industry playbook
- Operation Shocker
- Yellow rain
Venezuela
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Collado, Zaldy C.; Basco, Angelica Joyce M.; Sison, Albin A. (2020-06-26). "Falling victims to online disinformation among young Filipino people: Is human mind to blame?". Cognition, Brain, Behavior. 24 (2): 75–91. doi:10.24193/cbb.2020.24.05. S2CID 225786653.
- ^ Hornsey, Matthew J.; Lewandowsky, Stephan (November 2022). "A toolkit for understanding and addressing climate scepticism". Nature Human Behaviour. 6 (11): 1454–1464. doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01463-y. hdl:1983/c3db005a-d941-42f1-a8e9-59296c66ec9b. ISSN 2397-3374. PMC 7615336. PMID 36385174. S2CID 253577142.
- ^ Frederick, Kara (2019). The New War of Ideas: Counterterrorism Lessons for the Digital Disinformation Fight. Center for a New American Security.
- ^ Brancati, Dawn; Penn, Elizabeth M (2023). "Stealing an Election: Violence or Fraud?". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 67 (5): 858–892. doi:10.1177/00220027221120595. ISSN 0022-0027.
