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FOREIGN DISINFORMATION [5 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • National and International Security
CONT

Cultivation is a technique of building long-lasting relationships with targeted persons to enable manipulation and facilitate threat activities.

CONT

Foreign interference techniques or activities can include(but are not limited to) : elicitation, cultivation, coercion, illicit financing, cyber attacks, intimidation and disinformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
CONT

L'établissement de relations est une technique visant à cultiver les personnes ciblées sur de longues périodes afin de les manipuler et de faciliter des activités liées à la menace.

CONT

Les techniques ou activités d'ingérence étrangère peuvent notamment comprendre : la subtilisation de renseignements, l'établissement de relations, la coercition, le financement illicite, les cyberattaques, l'intimidation et la désinformation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology of Communication
  • Psychological Warfare
  • National and International Security
DEF

False information that is deliberately created and spread to mislead people, organizations and countries.

CONT

Foreign disinformation has only recently surfaced as a major issue in the public discourse about national security and democratic integrity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie de la communication
  • Guerre psychologique
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
DEF

Fausses informations créées et diffusées délibérément pour induire en erreur des personnes, des organismes et des pays.

OBS

Elle fait souvent partie d'opérations d'information plus vastes visant à manipuler le public.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • National and International Security
OBS

Rapid Response Mechanism Canada(RRM Canada) is the permanent secretariat to the G7 RRM [Rapid Response Mechanism]. It convenes G7 RRM members and observers to drive the annual G7 RRM Action Plan and coordinate G7 efforts. RRM Canada also monitors the digital information environment for foreign state-sponsored disinformation, including during general elections. It also supports Canada's international engagement on foreign state sponsored disinformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

Le Mécanisme de réponse rapide du Canada (MRR Canada) sert de secrétariat permanent au MRR [Mécanisme de réponse rapide] du G7. Il réunit les membres et les observateurs du MRR du G7 afin de piloter le plan d'action annuel de ce dernier et de coordonner les efforts du G7. Le MRR Canada permet également de surveiller le milieu de l'information numérique pour détecter la désinformation parrainée par des États étrangers, notamment pendant des élections générales. Il soutient également l'engagement international du Canada contre la désinformation parrainée par des États étrangers.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • National and International Security
CONT

Japan, Taiwan, and the U. S. [United States] are all open societies and liberal democracies and therefore are extremely vulnerable to disinformation conducted by foreign state actors. As epitomized by the interference with national elections and the spread of unreliable information on COVID-19, there have been growing concerns over the scale and effect of influence operations carried out by foreign governments and agencies using cyberspace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Criminology
CONT

Social media has allowed for the spread of disinformation, amplifying divisive narratives in Western democracies and providing tools to campaigns of clandestine foreign influence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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