Synonyms for information warfare
in·for·ma·tion war·fare

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1. information warfarenoun

   Synonyms:
   infowar

2. information warfarenoun

   The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.

   Synonyms:
   infowar

Princeton's WordNet

1. information warfare, IWnoun

   the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries

   "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare"

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1. Alina Polyakova:

   We're in a serious crisis situation right now, and we're in an information warfare situation where maybe suspending these accounts, if not banning them for all eternity, would make a lot of sense, for now [ the platforms ] have stuck to a more free-speech approach rather than a blocking approach, which I also understand, but again, we're in a very different situation when it comes to what's happening in Ukraine right now.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   The forces at work in the 2016 election in the United States are still with us and not only in my country but around the world, it was a perfect storm: deep currents of anger and resentment flowing through our culture. Our political press that told voters my emails were the most important story. The unprecedented intervention in our election by the FBI director. The information warfare waged from within the Kremlin.

3. Brett Bruen:

   Countering information warfare requires someone who understands the threat and the sophisticated tools needed to defend our democracy, we currently lack a strategy, resources and time.

4. Eugene Remer:

   [ Russia’s ] leaders have embraced a wide range of tools — information warfare in all its forms, including subversion, deception, dis - and misinformation, this toolkit has deep historical roots in the Soviet era and performs the function of the equalizer that in the eyes of The Kremlin is intended to make up for Russia’s weakness vis a vis the West.

5. Jennifer Mercieca:

   Information warfare was always going to be a part of this, obviously the Russians have been highly evolving their information war operations over the last five or six years. We certainly have seen the effects of that on Jennifer Mercieca politics, on Brexit, on other kinds of campaigns around the world.