Spreading manipulated or fabricated information in order to induce an audience to behave in ways that benefit the sender, or to divert their attention from real events.
In its 2020 proposals for new terms, Poland’s National Security Bureau (BBN) treats propaganda and disinformation in a single entry, as spreading manipulated or fabricated information (or a combination of the two).1
Sources
- National Security Bureau, (Mini)dictionary of the BBN. Proposals for new terms in the field of security, 15.05.2020 (working proposals, copy at koziej.pl) (in Polish)
Checked: 3 November 2026