Question of the Day #252

"What Europe Can Teach America About Russian Disinformation"
From the headline of this article at The Atlantic.

上記の文で、disinformation の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "disinformation" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


【名】〔真実を隠すため・人を欺くため・人を混乱させるためなどに故意に発信される〕偽情報、虚報、がせネタ、デマ◆【注意】misinformation（間違った情報）と混同しないこと

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

1955年、フランス語に由来すると言われている1949年のロシア語のdezinformatsiyaから。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

1955, from Russian dezinformatsiya (1949), which is said to be from French

Examples

• The president tweeting this week that the fake mainstream media during the campaign ran then most highly sophisticated and dishonest disinformation campaign in the history of politics. — Fox News, "Roseanne critics target Trump," 4 June 2018
• Media analysts have argued that Facebook’s reaction to claims of anti-conservative bias led the company to take a more lax approach to the Russian disinformation campaign. — Hamza Shaban, BostonGlobe.com, "Facebook is shutting down its notorious ‘trending’ feature," 2 June 2018
• Media analysts have argued that Facebook's reaction to claims of anti-conservative bias led the company to take a more lax approach to the Russian disinformation campaign. — Hamza Shaban, chicagotribune.com, "Facebook is shutting down its troubled 'trending' feature," 1 June 2018
• They claimed there was an official disinformation campaign by the government.
• ‘the entire Western intelligence system had been systematically manipulated with clever disinformation’