Organizational and legal support for countering disinformation in Germany during the First World War

This article analyzes the significance of propaganda and information warfare under the conditions of the First World War of the 20th century. The study examines a range of measures aimed at combating disinformation, which was one of the key directions of state policy in Germany during the years of the First World War. The research methodology includes chronological, problem-analytical, and systematic methods. The article examines the regulatory and legal framework for countering disinformation in Germany, as well as analyzes the organizational and legal means for counteracting disinformation during the First World War of the 20th century. The need for effective propaganda during the First World War is analyzed, as well as some examples of how disinfor-mation was used to confuse and mislead the enemy. The article draws on previ-ously unpublished archival materials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, primarily from the funds of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AVPRI). The work offers an assessment of the effectiveness of various German government structures involved in organizing and developing anti-dissemination measures ministries, which were created with the purpose of combating the growing disinformation, both within Germany and abroad. The necessity and procedure for the establishment of special departments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Germany are examined. The issues of organizational and legal support for countering disinformation in Germany under the conditions of a large-scale military conflict are updated.