Information campaigns and cyber attacks carried out on the sidelines of the conflict in Ukraine are an example of a “new type of fighting a war”, Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry points out in a document.Its recently published Report on the state of the armed forces in 2014 [BG], the ministry says it is concerned over “attempts at manipulation of public opinion through disinformation, propaganda campaigns, media manipulation, using social networks for disinformation, attempts of populist party leaders to manipulate groups of voters and to stir confusion among the population, etc.”On Wednesday Parliament passed the text after a closed-doors session. Together with …read more
Source: Novinite
