In the context of cognitive warfare, disinformation is information that is intentionally created to harm or manipulate a “person, social group, organization, or country,” while disinformation is false information that is created without intent to harm.
Hybrid tactics create instability, destroy institutions, fuel political polarization, and destroy coexistence and consensus.
The special importance of the media in legitimizing the “ideology of the movement and protests is actually to make them look authentic and also to strengthen the perception of a strong presence in the society. Most importantly, its main goal is to manipulate viewpoints to the point of division within society.”