information warfare

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information warfare

Summary

information warfare is a type of conflict[1]. It draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_conflict category, ranking #8 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • information warfare's instance of is recorded as type of conflict[3].
  • information warfare is a type of warfare[4].
  • information warfare's Commons category is recorded as Information warfare[5].
  • information warfare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information operations and warfare[6].
  • information warfare's facet of is recorded as disinformation[7].
  • information warfare's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IW'}[8].
  • information warfare's different from is recorded as cyberwarfare[9].
  • information warfare's uses is recorded as information and communications technology[10].

Body

Definition and Type

information warfare's instance of is recorded as type of conflict[3]. It is a type of warfare[4].

Influence

Things named for information warfare include Infowars[11], a business[12], in United States[13], founded in 1999[14].

Why It Matters

information warfare draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_conflict category, ranking #8 of 28).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for it include Infowars[11], a business[12], in United States[13], founded in 1999[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of disinformation
    Instance of
    Subclass of warfare
    Instance of type of conflict
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|16 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8874, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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