Fediverse vs Disinformation
Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.
Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.
What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.
By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.
Community rules
Same as instance rules, plus:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
Matrix chat links
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I've noticed this sort of equivocating and reaching to cast doubt a lot from Snopes for a while now.
"Sure, those are the literal words that were said but did they reallllllly mean it???”
Honestly feels like they've been intentionally both sidesing things. I've stopped paying them much attention as a result.
They are mimicking the news practices that also tend to just quote people who speak bullshit with a simple attribution and leave it to the reader to determine whether they are a lying liar. That approach doesn't work when the reader isn't aware they are a lying liar because all news sources avoid pointing it out.