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The Birth of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union had its beginning, and the term Disinformation was coined by Joseph Stalin and used during World War II -
Usage of Disinformation
Cold War era saw a large usage of Disinformation from the Soviet KGB, British Secret Intelligence Service, and the American CIA until 1989 -
United States Adoption of Disinformation
During the 1950s, the United States Intelligence Community adopted the usage of disinformation utilizing similar strategies to the then Soviet Union -
Disinformation's definition
Disinformation (Disinformatsiya; dezinformatsiya) was defined by the Great Soviet Encyclopedia as "The dissemination of false information with intent to deceive the public" -
Major Disinformation Effort
Operation Neptune was made by the Czechoslovak secret service (StB) to denounce Western European politicians as former Nazis -
Successful Soviet Disinformation
The Soviet Union published Who's Who in the CIA which was quoted as authoritative in the West until the 1990s -
The Modern Definition of Disinformation
Disinformation simply became a word for when a person was spouting lies, and could be seen as synonymous for propaganda -
Russia Today (RT) is Founded
RT was created as a way to propagate pro-Russia media and influence surrounding areas to disagree with Western views -
European External Action Service
This website and its partners found and disproved over 3.5K pro-Kremlin disinformation cases between September 2015 and November 2017 -
The Finding of Russian Bots on Twitter
Twitter said that they had found about 36,000 Russian bots tweeting in regard to the 2016 presidential election