this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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Fediverse vs Disinformation

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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:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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[–] errer 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Why wouldn’t I just deliberately fail the test?

[–] General_Shenanigans 1 points 1 month ago

You WILL be put to work, citizen. Go ahead, get lower scores. Enjoy being cannon-fodder instead of controlling a drone from the safety of base camp. Draft dodger? Well…we have a special place for people like YOU.

(Big /s, just following the idea through some of its logical steps)

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