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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Most of what you say about Harris was also true of Obama, so it's not that uncommon. But hopefully she's as solid a candidate. :)
Actually, going back through presidents, a lot of them seem to be relatively fresh to Washington. Clinton, Gw, Regan, and Carter were all Governors, Obama was a one term senator, Ford was a preposterous fluke and the longest "Washington insider" to become president (25 years as a representative) albeit he never actually ran, followed by HW who was an ambassador, vice president and CIA director.
Sanders has actually been in Washington longer than most of the recent presidents have.